Table 1. Natural food fluctuations (% of total food intake) of different size classes of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Type of food Life stage/ size class*
  Larvae Fry Fingerling Juvenile Grower Broodstock
Invertebrates   100 100 85 75 60
Fish       15 25 40
Data source: McPhail and Lindsey (1970)
*Approximate indicative weight of different size classes of rainbow trout: fry, 0.3�1.0 g; fingerlings, 1.0�25.0 g, grower, 25�1 500 g; adult >1 500 g.