Small insects are the most important items, constituting 36 percent of the volume and in 73 percent of the stomachs. Crustaceans make up another 24 percent of the volume. Amphipods, water mites, mollusks, and plant materials are also taken in significant quanitities. Distribution of bridle shiners in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of bridle shiners were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
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