Ecology Summary - Anguilla rostrata
Ecologia de Anguilla rostrata
 
Ref. principal Facey, D.E. and G.W. Labar, 1981
Notas Observed transient in the intertidal zone (Ref.49162). Occur usually in permanent streams with continuous flow. Hide during the day in undercut banks and in deep pools near logs and boulders. Feed on larvae of Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Coleoptera, Trichoptera, and Lepidoptera, as well as gastropods, oligochaetes, amphipods, isopods, mysids, and fish from the families Percidae, Cyprinidae, Ictaluridae, Catostomidae and Anguillidae (Ref. 9593). Migrate in autumn to the Sargasso Sea to spawn (Ref. 3242). Adults are caught with eel pots and trot lines. Elvers and glass eels are caught with fine mesh fyke nets and dipnets. Catadromous species. (Ref. 26938). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178. Feeding ceases with the onset of the reproductive migration. Parasites of the species in fresh water include 1 protozoan, 3 myxosporidians, 11 trematodes, 5 cestodes, 4 nematodes, 2 acanthocephalans and 3 copepods; in brackish water, protozoan Myxidium zealandicum (found on gills and kidney) (Ref. 5951).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

Marine - Neritic Marine - Oceanic Brackishwater Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies
  • zona supra-litoral
  • zona litoral
  • zona sublitoral
  • epipelágico
  • mesopelágico
  • epipelágico
  • abissalpelágico
  • hadopelágico
  • Estuários/lagunas/áreas estuarinas
  • mangais
  • pântanos
  • rios/correntes
  • lagos/lagoas
  • Grutas
  • exclusivamente
Highighted items on the list are where Anguilla rostrata may be found.

Habitat

Substrato
Substrato Ref.
Special habitats
Habitats especiais Ref.

Associações

Ref.
Associações
Associado a
Observações da associação
Parasitism

Alimentação

Tipo de alimentação mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Tipo de alimentação Ref. Facey, D.E. and G.W. Labar, 1981
Hábito alimentar hunting macrofauna (predator)
Hábito alimentar Ref.
Trophic Level(s)
Estimation method Amostra original População virgem (não pescada) Nota
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
Da composição da dieta 3.83 0.22 3.66 0.58 Troph of adults from 3 studies.
Dos itens alimentares individuais 3.62 0.54 Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref. Facey, D.E. and G.W. Labar, 1981
(ex. 9948)
(ex. oophagy)
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