Life Cycle
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Mouthbrooding by females.
Trophic Strategy
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Feeds on insects and blue-green algae (Ref. 558).
Biology
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Inhabits shallow sandy region (Ref. 4983). Feeds on sub-imaginal Ephemeroptera. Isoptera and colonial blue-green algae were also found in a few specimens. The occurrence of sub-imaginal or adult insects and planktonic blue-green algae, together with the absence of bottom debris suggests that H. macrops feeds at the surface or in mid-water (Ref. 558).
