Ecology Summary - Histrio histrio

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Main Ref.	Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993
Remarks	Found near the surface, usually associated with floating objects (Ref. 26340) or Sargassum. Found along the shore and occasionally found among floating seaweeds (Ref. 57225). Commonly blown into shore and bay waters during storms (Ref. 7251). Epipelagic (Ref. 58302). A solitary (Ref. 26340) and voracious predator (Ref. 5521). Feeds on fishes and shrimps that seek refuge in the floating weeds (Ref. 48635).

Main Ref.

Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993

Remarks

Found near the surface, usually associated with floating objects (Ref. 26340) or Sargassum. Found along the shore and occasionally found among floating seaweeds (Ref. 57225). Commonly blown into shore and bay waters during storms (Ref. 7251). Epipelagic (Ref. 58302). A solitary (Ref. 26340) and voracious predator (Ref. 5521). Feeds on fishes and shrimps that seek refuge in the floating weeds (Ref. 48635).

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 Histrio histrio may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006

Associations

Ref.	Claro, R., 1994
Associations	solitary;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993

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	3.93	0.63			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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