Ecology Summary - Parupeneus multifasciatus

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Main Ref.	Honebrink, R., 1990
Remarks	Occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Solitary or in small groups (Ref. 4887). Stomach contents of 40 adults include crabs (with raninids and galatheids) as dominant prey, 45.3% by volume, followed by shrimps (26.9%), fishes (including Ptereleotris heteropterus (16.4%), stomatopods (3.2%), and the remaining prey in the order by volume: fish eggs, octopus, polychaetes, unidentified crustaceans, crab and hermit crab larvae, bivalve molluscs, amphipods, caprellids, and gastropods. Forams previously reported were probably ingested incidentally with sand (Ref. 54393). Feeds heavily on nocturnal forms, especially xanthid crabs, that are concealed in daytime shelters (Ref. 59308).

Main Ref.

Honebrink, R., 1990

Remarks

Occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Solitary or in small groups (Ref. 4887). Stomach contents of 40 adults include crabs (with raninids and galatheids) as dominant prey, 45.3% by volume, followed by shrimps (26.9%), fishes (including Ptereleotris heteropterus (16.4%), stomatopods (3.2%), and the remaining prey in the order by volume: fish eggs, octopus, polychaetes, unidentified crustaceans, crab and hermit crab larvae, bivalve molluscs, amphipods, caprellids, and gastropods. Forams previously reported were probably ingested incidentally with sand (Ref. 54393). Feeds heavily on nocturnal forms, especially xanthid crabs, that are concealed in daytime shelters (Ref. 59308).

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 Parupeneus multifasciatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006

Associations

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Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Honebrink, R., 1990
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Honebrink, R., 1990

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.50	0.26	3.38	0.46	Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies.
From individual food items	3.61	0.60			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Hobson, E.S., 1974

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