| Réf. Princ. | Randall, J.E., 1967 |
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| Remarques | Adults often seen over rocky areas or reefs, but also on flat bottoms to about 85 m depth, while the young inhabit shallower waters (Ref. 3815). Feeds on crabs, mollusks, worms, brittle stars and hermit crabs (Ref. 3815). This is the most common species of the genus in the Antilles (Ref. 3815). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrat | Hard Bottom; |
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| Substrate Ref. | |
| Habitats spéciaux | Coral Reefs; |
| Special habitats Ref. | Randall, J.E. and R. Vergara, 1978 |
| Réf. | Sazima, I., R.L. Moura and C. Sazima, 1999 |
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| Associations | |
| Associé avec | Cleaned by Pomacanthus paru observed at the reefs of the Abrolhos Archipelago, off eastern Brazil (Ref. 40094). |
| Remarques sur les associations | |
| Parasitisme |
| Type de prise alimentaire | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Randall, J.E., 1967 |
| Habitude alimentaire | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Feeding habit Ref. | Randall, J.E., 1967 |
| Estimation method | Échantillon original | Population non pêchée | Remarque | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| À partir du régime alimentaire | 3.72 | 0.22 | 3.37 | 0.39 | Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies. |
| À partir des éléments alimentaires | 3.54 | 0.52 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Réf. | Gómez-Canchong, P., L. Manjarrés M., L.O. Duarte and J. Altamar, 2004 | ||||