Ecology Summary - Lutjanus malabaricus

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Main Ref.	Allen, G.R., 1985
Remarks	Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Juveniles inhabit mangrove areas and seagrass beds (Ref. 128523). L. malabaricus /i> is the most abundant lutjanid species in trawled catches in the Gulf of Carpentaria (Ref. 9700). It is more dominant in night trawls (mean of 3/7 kg/ha, mean of 16.3 kg/hr) than in day trawls (mean: 2.4 kg/ha, mean: 11.8 kg/hr) (Ref. 9700). Dwells in coastal and offshore reefs. Nocturnal. Feeds on fishes and benthic crustaceans (Ref. 9773).

Main Ref.

Allen, G.R., 1985

Remarks

Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Juveniles inhabit mangrove areas and seagrass beds (Ref. 128523). L. malabaricus /i> is the most abundant lutjanid species in trawled catches in the Gulf of Carpentaria (Ref. 9700). It is more dominant in night trawls (mean of 3/7 kg/ha, mean of 16.3 kg/hr) than in day trawls (mean: 2.4 kg/ha, mean: 11.8 kg/hr) (Ref. 9700). Dwells in coastal and offshore reefs. Nocturnal. Feeds on fishes and benthic crustaceans (Ref. 9773).

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 Lutjanus malabaricus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z.S., 1995
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	To, A.W.L., K.S.H. Ching and S.K.H. Shea, 2013

Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Allen, G.R., 1985
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Allen, G.R., 1985

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	4.48	0.54	4.52	0.82	Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies.
From individual food items	4.07	0.62			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Salini, J.P., S.J.M. Blaber and D.T. Brewer, 1994

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