| Réf. Princ. | Smith, C.L., 1978 |
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| Remarques | Found in shallow reefs and rocky bottoms. 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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| Substrat | : rocky; |
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| Substrate Ref. | |
| Habitats spéciaux | Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs; |
| Special habitats Ref. | Unsworth, R.K., L.M. Nordlund and L.C. Cullen-Unsworth, 2018 |
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| Associations | solitary; |
| Associé avec | 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. |
| Remarques sur les associations | |
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| Type de prise alimentaire | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Bardach, J.E., 1959 |
| Habitude alimentaire | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Feeding habit Ref. | Randall, J.E., 1967 |
| Estimation method | Échantillon original | Population non pêchée | Remarque | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| À partir du régime alimentaire | 3.84 | 0.27 | 3.87 | 0.63 | Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies. |
| À partir des éléments alimentaires | 4.15 | 0.67 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Réf. | Randall, J.E., 1967 | ||||