| Ref. principal | Allen, G.R., 1985 |
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| Notas | Occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Inhabits coral reefs, including sheltered lagoons and outer reefs (Ref. 30573, 58652). Enters lake (Ref. 13446). Usually found singly, often adjacent to steep outer reef slopes, but occasionally found in groups (Ref. 9710). Feeds mainly on fishes, but also takes shrimps, crabs, amphipods, stomatopods, gastropods and urochordates. Large fish from oceanic areas in the western Pacific are often ciguatoxic, e.g., in Tuvalu (Ref. 9513). |
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| Habitats especiais | Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs; |
| Habitats especiais Ref. | Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006 |
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| Tipo de alimentação | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Tipo de alimentação Ref. | Allen, G.R., 1985 |
| Hábito alimentar | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Hábito de alimentação Ref. | Allen, G.R., 1985 |
| Estimation method | Amostra original | População virgem (não pescada) | Nota | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| Da composição da dieta | 4.27 | 0.50 | 3.99 | 0.62 | Troph of juv./adults from 1 study. |
| Dos itens alimentares individuais | 3.62 | 0.57 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Ref. | Kulbicki, M., Y.-M. Bozec, P. Labrosse, Y. Letourneur, G. Mou-Tham and L. Wantiez, 2005 | ||||