| Ref. principal | Pitts, P.A., 1991 |
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| Observaciones | Inhabit coral reefs. Occur singly or in pairs. Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205). Feed on polychaete worms, coral polyps, crustaceans and mollusk eggs. Sessile invertebrates feeder (Ref. 57616, 126840). Adults may form plankton-feeding aggregations of up to 20 individuals, and occasionally clean other reef fishes which join the group, such as grunts, parrotfishes and surgeon fishes. (Ref: 40093). Combination of plankton-feeding aggregation and occasional cleaning occur but possibly very localised in space and time (Ref. 40093). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Hábitats especiales | Coral Reefs; Other habitats: deep-water corals; |
| Hábitats especiales Ref. | Simon, T., H.T. Pinheiro, R.L. Moura, A. Carvalho-Filho, L.A. Rocha, A.S. Martins, E. Mazzei, R.B. Francini-Filho, G.M. Amado-Filho and J.-C. Joyeux, 2016 |
| Referencia | Sazima, I., C. Sazima, R.B. Francini-Filho and R.L. Moura, 2000 |
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| Asociaciones | |
| Asociado a | Cleaned by Elacatinus figaro observed off the coast of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil (Ref. 40102). Also cleaned by Pomacanthus paru observed at the reefs of the Abrolhos Archipelago, off eastern Brazil (Ref. 40094). |
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| Parasitismo |
| Tipo De Alimentación | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Tipo de alimentación Ref. | Randall, J.E., 1967 |
| Hábito De Alimentación | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Hábito alimentario Ref. | Dominici-Arosemena, A. and M. Wolff, 2005 |
| Estimation method | Muestra original | Población no pescada | Observación | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| De la composición de la dieta | 3.53 | 0.22 | 3.14 | 0.32 | Troph of juv./adults from 1 study. |
| De tipos individuales de alimento | 2.77 | 0.25 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Referencia | Randall, J.E., 1967 | ||||