| Ref. principal | Smith, C.L., 1978 |
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| Notas | Found in shallow reefs and rocky bottoms, occurring down to depths of at least 100 meters (Ref 89707). Feeds mainly on crabs (Calapa and Mithrax) and other crustaceans (alpheid shrimps and scyllarid lobsters), fishes (labrids and haemulids), and octopus (Ref. 57616). Associated with seagrass (Ref. 118046). Carnivore (Ref. 57616). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrato | : rocky; |
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| Special habitats | Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs; |
| Habitats especiais Ref. | Unsworth, R.K., L.M. Nordlund and L.C. Cullen-Unsworth, 2018 |
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| Associações | solitary; |
| Associado a | Cleaned by Pederson's cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni) and goby (Gobiosoma evelynae and others) as observed on the coral reefs in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles (Ref. 36810). Usually solitary and territorial. |
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| Parasitism |
| Tipo de alimentação | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Tipo de alimentação Ref. | Bardach, J.E., 1959 |
| Hábito alimentar | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Hábito alimentar Ref. | Randall, J.E., 1967 |
| Estimation method | Amostra original | População virgem (não pescada) | Nota | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| Da composição da dieta | 3.84 | 0.27 | 3.87 | 0.63 | Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies. |
| Dos itens alimentares individuais | 4.15 | 0.67 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Ref. | Randall, J.E., 1967 | ||||