Food habits of the fathead minnow:

Food: filter feeder, mainly eating zooplankton such as rotifers, branchiostomes, copepods (e.g., Cyperdaphnia ), and some phytoplankton (e.g., diatoms and cyanobacteria < strong>) and artificial feed. From the fry to the adult stage, it is a typical zooplankton-feeding fish with zooplankton as its main food and phytoplankton at the same time.

The bighead carp (scientific name: Aristichthys nobilis) is also known as the silver carp, fathead carp, baghead carp, big head carp, black chub, hemp chub, and also called the male fish. It is a species of freshwater fish. There is "water scavenger " elegant name, is one of China's four big fish. It is similar to the silver carp in appearance, with a laterally compressed body. The head is large and wide, and the mouth is also wide and slightly upturned. The eye level is low. Bighead carp grows in freshwater lakes, rivers, reservoirs and ponds. It is mostly found in the middle and upper layers of the water. It is an endemic fish in China.

Fathead carp