| Ref. principal | McKay, R.J., 1984 |
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| Notas | Found inshore (Ref. 75154). Juveniles usually occur in seaweed beds, and large adults occur in small schools or solitary around coral (Refs. 2799). Inverts and fish feeder (Ref. 41878). Dwells in shallow water coral reefs. Juveniles form small groups near seaweeds, feeding on associated organisms. Adults exist in isolation and forage over reefs. Feeds on benthic invertebrates, shrimp, polychaetes, crabs and small fishes (Ref 9773). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrato | Benthic; Soft Bottom: silt; Hard Bottom: rocky; |
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| Substrato Ref. | Broad, G., 2003 |
| Special habitats | Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs; |
| Habitats especiais Ref. | Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006 |
| Ref. | Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z.S., 1995 |
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| Associações | solitary; |
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| Parasitism |
| Tipo de alimentação | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Tipo de alimentação Ref. | Jones, G.P., D.J. Ferrell and P.F. Sale, 1992 |
| Hábito alimentar | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Hábito alimentar Ref. | Jones, G.P., D.J. Ferrell and P.F. Sale, 1992 |
| Estimation method | Amostra original | População virgem (não pescada) | Nota | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| Da composição da dieta | 3.70 | 0.16 | 3.41 | 0.43 | Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies. |
| Dos itens alimentares individuais | 3.71 | 0.38 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Ref. | Kulbicki, M., Y.-M. Bozec, P. Labrosse, Y. Letourneur, G. Mou-Tham and L. Wantiez, 2005 | ||||