| Ref. principal | Randall, J.E., 1967 |
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| Notas | Found on coral reefs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals (Ref. 9710). Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supplemented by small amounts of algae, tunicates, hydroids and bryozoans. Omnivore (Ref. 57616). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Special habitats | Coral Reefs; |
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| Associações | solitary; |
| Associado a | Young pick ectoparasites from other fishes (Ref. 9710). 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). |
| Observações da associação | Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. |
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| Tipo de alimentação | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) |
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| Tipo de alimentação Ref. | Dominici-Arosemena, A. and M. Wolff, 2005 |
| Hábito alimentar | variable |
| 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 | 2.99 | 0.00 | 2.99 | 0.02 | Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies. |
| Dos itens alimentares individuais | 3.12 | 0.19 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Ref. | Feddern, H.A., 1968 | ||||