Ecology Summary - Peprilus burti

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Main Ref.	Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
Remarks	A pelagic fish forming large loose schools across the continental shelf over sand/mud bottoms; depth range from 2 to 275mat least, but most abundant at 155 to 225 m; near bottom during the day and migrating into the water column at night ; juveniles often found under floating weeds and with jellyfish. Adults feed on jellyfish, small fish, crustaceans, and worms; the juveniles are plankton and jellyfish feeders. Mature within 1 year and rarely lives past 2; spawning takes place at discrete intervals twice a year slightly offshore. Highly esteemed for food, marketed fresh and frozen; caught mainly with otter trawls (Ref. 53006).

Main Ref.

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986

Remarks

A pelagic fish forming large loose schools across the continental shelf over sand/mud bottoms; depth range from 2 to 275mat least, but most abundant at 155 to 225 m; near bottom during the day and migrating into the water column at night ; juveniles often found under floating weeds and with jellyfish. Adults feed on jellyfish, small fish, crustaceans, and worms; the juveniles are plankton and jellyfish feeders. Mature within 1 year and rarely lives past 2; spawning takes place at discrete intervals twice a year slightly offshore. Highly esteemed for food, marketed fresh and frozen; caught mainly with otter trawls (Ref. 53006).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Peprilus burti may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Haedrich, R.L., 2003
Special habitats
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Associations

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Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	4.00	0.28			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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