Ecology Summary - Iniistius pavo

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Main Ref.	Honebrink, R., 1990
Remarks	Species usually solitary in lagoon and seaward reef areas with fine to loose, coarse sand bottoms (Ref. 1602). Juveniles sometimes in shallow estuaries (Ref. 48636). Adults rare in less than 20 m (Ref. 9710). Dive into the sand when threatened. Feed on hard-shelled invertebrates, including mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 9311). Mobile-invertebrate feeder (Ref. 57615). Juveniles mimic drifting dead leaves by holding the elongate detached front part of dorsal fin forward over head.

Main Ref.

Honebrink, R., 1990

Remarks

Species usually solitary in lagoon and seaward reef areas with fine to loose, coarse sand bottoms (Ref. 1602). Juveniles sometimes in shallow estuaries (Ref. 48636). Adults rare in less than 20 m (Ref. 9710). Dive into the sand when threatened. Feed on hard-shelled invertebrates, including mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 9311). Mobile-invertebrate feeder (Ref. 57615). Juveniles mimic drifting dead leaves by holding the elongate detached front part of dorsal fin forward over head.

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 Iniistius pavo may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, );
Substrate Ref.	Myers, R.F., 1991
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs: lagoons;
Special habitats Ref.	Dominici-Arosemena, A. and M. Wolff, 2006

Associations

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Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Honebrink, R., 1990
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Honebrink, R., 1990

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	3.54	0.46			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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