Diet
Common items in the diet of Australian bass are:
- terrestrial insects, particularly cicadas
- aquatic macroinvertebrates, particularly Trichoptera larvae
- crustaceans in the forms of freshwater shrimps and estuarine prawns
- small fish, particularly flathead gudgeon (Philhypnodon grandiceps), which are common in their freshwater habitats.
However, Australian bass are fierce predators and any small creature that swims across a bass pool such as (introduced) mice and native lizards or frogs are at risk of being taken by a large Australian bass, and are regularly taken.
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