sentences:  Most fish eaten by "A. ocellatus" in the wild are relatively sedentary catfish, including "Bunocephalus", "Rineloricaria", and "Ochmacanthus" species.The species uses a suction mechanism to capture prey, and has been reported to exhibit "laying-on-side" death mimicry in a similar fashion to "Parachromis friedrichsthalii" and "Nimbochromis livingstonii".Wild oscars also consume shrimp, snails, insects and insect larvae, as well as fruits and nuts on a seasonal basis.