| Ref. principal | Blaber, S.J.M., 1980 |
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| Notas | Inhabits rocky and coral reefs (Ref. 9137). A tropical inshore shark found on sand, rubble, or coral bottoms of the continental and insular shelves (Refs. 247, 9773, 129713). Recorded to have entered freshwater (Ref. 4735). Rather sluggish at least during the day (Ref. 247). Nocturnal, feeds mainly on mollusks, bivalves, small bony fishes and crabs (Refs. 9993, 129713). Slow-swimming and able to squirm into narrow cracks, crevices and channel in reefs while searching for food (Ref. 247). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrato | Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble; |
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| Substrato Ref. | Flandinette, P., 2022 |
| Special habitats | Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs; |
| Habitats especiais Ref. | Compagno, L.J.V., 2001 |
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| Tipo de alimentação | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Tipo de alimentação Ref. | Cortés, E., 1999 |
| Hábito alimentar | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Hábito alimentar Ref. | Blaber, S.J.M., 1980 |
| Estimation method | Amostra original | População virgem (não pescada) | Nota | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| Da composição da dieta | 3.10 | 0.40 | 3.09 | 0.36 | Troph of juv./adults from 1 study. |
| Dos itens alimentares individuais | 3.85 | 0.41 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Ref. | Cortés, E., 1999 | ||||