| Ref. principal | Salini, J.P., D.T. Brewer and S.J.M. Blaber, 1998 |
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| Notas | Found inshore (Ref. 75154). Juveniles and/or adults are found in mangrove creeks (Ref. 121464). Pelagic-coastal. Occasionally enters estuaries but known to be intolerant of low salinity waters and high turbidity. Forms small groups above coral reefs and around offshore islands. Predator. Feeds on fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans. Known host to tapeworm and roundworm larvae (Ref. 9773). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrato | Pelagic; |
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| Substrato Ref. | Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z.S., 1995 |
| Special habitats | Coral Reefs; |
| Habitats especiais Ref. | Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro and K. Pothin, 2004 |
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| Tipo de alimentação | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Tipo de alimentação Ref. | Salini, J.P., D.T. Brewer and S.J.M. Blaber, 1998 |
| Hábito alimentar | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Hábito alimentar Ref. | Griffiths, S.P., G.C. Fry and T.D. van der Velde, 2005 |
| Estimation method | Amostra original | População virgem (não pescada) | Nota | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| Da composição da dieta | 4.48 | 0.80 | |||
| Dos itens alimentares individuais | 4.36 | 0.45 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Ref. | Salini, J.P., D.T. Brewer and S.J.M. Blaber, 1998 | ||||