Ecology Summary - Gymnothorax flavimarginatus

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Main Ref.	Myers, R.F., 1991
Remarks	Inhabits a variety of zones ranging from reef flats and protected shorelines to seaward reefs. Along drop-offs (Ref. 48635). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on cephalopods (Ref. 30573), fishes, and crustaceans. Most often appears on the reef after a fish has been speared during daylight. The regularity and promptness of such appearances make it clear that G. flavimarginatus is especially sensitive to stimuli emanating from an injured or stressed fish (Ref. 13550). Carnivore (Ref. 57615). Also in Ref. 9137, 58534.

Main Ref.

Myers, R.F., 1991

Remarks

Inhabits a variety of zones ranging from reef flats and protected shorelines to seaward reefs. Along drop-offs (Ref. 48635). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on cephalopods (Ref. 30573), fishes, and crustaceans. Most often appears on the reef after a fish has been speared during daylight. The regularity and promptness of such appearances make it clear that G. flavimarginatus is especially sensitive to stimuli emanating from an injured or stressed fish (Ref. 13550). Carnivore (Ref. 57615). Also in Ref. 9137, 58534.

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 Gymnothorax flavimarginatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs: reef slope/drop-offs; reef flats;
Special habitats Ref.	Dominici-Arosemena, A. and M. Wolff, 2006

Associations

Acuan
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Randall, J.E., 1985
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Randall, J.E., 1985

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	4.16	0.72			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Acuan

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