Ecology Summary - Canthigaster valentini

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Main Ref.	Myers, R.F., 1991
Bemerkungen	Found among coral heads and rocks of subtidal lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 4919, 5503). Common on coastal reefs at various depths. Mimic filefish, males are territorial and are often seen fighting (Ref. 48637). Feeds mainly on filamentous green and red algae, tunicates, and on smaller amounts of corals, bryozoans, polychaetes, echinoderms, mollusks, and brown and coralline red algae. Forms shoals (10-100 or more) often with the filefish, Paraluteres prionurus (about 5% of shoal) mimicking C. valentini to protect it from predators (Ref. 4919, 5503). Territorial and haremic; males spawn with a different female each day (Ref. 9710). One or more territories are occupied and defended each by a female where a single large male stands guard (Ref. 55082).

Main Ref.

Myers, R.F., 1991

Bemerkungen

Found among coral heads and rocks of subtidal lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 4919, 5503). Common on coastal reefs at various depths. Mimic filefish, males are territorial and are often seen fighting (Ref. 48637). Feeds mainly on filamentous green and red algae, tunicates, and on smaller amounts of corals, bryozoans, polychaetes, echinoderms, mollusks, and brown and coralline red algae. Forms shoals (10-100 or more) often with the filefish, Paraluteres prionurus (about 5% of shoal) mimicking C. valentini to protect it from predators (Ref. 4919, 5503). Territorial and haremic; males spawn with a different female each day (Ref. 9710). One or more territories are occupied and defended each by a female where a single large male stands guard (Ref. 55082).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	Supra-Litoral-Zone Gezeitenzone Kontinentalschelf	epipelagisch mesopelagisch epipelagisch Abyssopelagisch Hadopelagisch	Ästuare/Lagunen/Brackwassermeere Mangroven Sümpfe/Sümpfe	Flüsse/Ströme Seen/Teiche Höhlen ausschließlich in Höhlen

Highighted items on the list are where Canthigaster valentini may be found.

Habitat

Substrat	Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrat Ref.	Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro and K. Pothin, 2004
Besondere Lebensräume	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Besondere Lebensräume Ref.	Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006

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Parasitismus

Fütterung

Art der Fütterung	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Fütterungsart Ref.	Myers, R.F., 1991
Fütterungsgewohnheit	variable
Fütterungsgewohnheiten Ref.	Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra, 1986

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Ursprüngliche Probe		Ungefischte Bevölkerung		Bemerkung
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Bemerkung
Von der Zusammensetzung der Ernährung
Von einzelnen Lebensmitteln	2.84	0.30			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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