| Rif. principale. | Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve, 1993 |
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| Osservazioni | Diadromous. They move from marine to fresh waters as juveniles and return to the sea as adults. These eels live in a variety of freshwater and estuarine environments including coastal lagoons, rivers, creeks, swamps, lakes and farm dams (Ref. 26507). Shortfin eels are found in slow flowing streams or still waters (Ref. 26509). Glass eels move into estuaries between late autumn and spring. Mainly nocturnal feeders with a well developed sense of smell for locating prey. Diet includes crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic and terrestial insects (Ref. 26514), and bony fish (including elvers) (Refs. 26513, 26514). |
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| Tipo di alimentazione | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Tipo di alimentazione Rif. | Beumer, J.P., 1979 |
| Abitudini alimentari | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Abitudini alimentari Rif. | Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve, 1993 |
| Estimation method | Campione originale | Popolazione non pescata | Commento | ||
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| Dalla composizione della dieta | 4.28 | 0.48 | 3.91 | 0.61 | Troph of adults from 2 studies. |
| Da singoli alimenti | 3.42 | 0.59 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Fonte Biblio. | Jellyman, D.J., 1989 | ||||