| Table 1. Natural food of different life stages of the Indian white prawn, Fenneropenaeus indicus | ||||||
| Type of food | Life stage/ Size class | |||||
| Nauplius | Zoea | Mysis | Postlarvae | Juvenile | Adult | |
| Yolk | endogenous4 | |||||
| Algae | phytoplankton3,5 | phytoplankton3 | phytoplankton3,6 | Yes7 | ||
| Detritus | Yes8 | Yes High7 | ||||
| Zooplankton | zooplankton5 | zooplankton3,4 | zooplankton3,4 | |||
| Crustaceans | Yes9,10 | Yes7,12 | ||||
| Fish | ||||||
| Plant | 25�521,911 | |||||
| Bivalves | 56�891 | Yes7 | ||||
| Gastropods | 44�831 | |||||
| Amphipods | 16�711 | |||||
| Polychaetes | 4�291 | Yes7 | ||||
| Foraminiferans | 20�441 | |||||
| Diatoms | Yes2 | Yes2 | 4�231 | |||
| 1. Angsupanich, Chiayvareesajja and Chandumpai (1999) | ||||||
| 2. Preston, et al. (1992) (F. merguiensis) | ||||||
| 3. Kumlu (1997) | ||||||
| 4. Rothlisberg (1998) | ||||||
| 5. Emmerson (1984) | ||||||
| 6. Khan, Aravindan and Kalavati (2001) (microalgal cells) | ||||||
| 7. Zarshenas, Emadi and Seraji (2002) | ||||||
| 8. Panikkar (1952) | ||||||
| 9. Gopalakrishnan (1952) | ||||||
| 10. Hall (1962) | ||||||
| 11. The vegetable matter included diatoms like Coscinodiscus, Pleurosigma, Rhizosolenia, the planktonic alga Trichodesmium and cuttings of seaweeds | ||||||
| 12. The crustaceans included copepods, ostracods, amphipods, tiny decapods (penaeids) and their larval stages and brachyurans | ||||||