Ecology Summary - Oligoplites palometa

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Main Ref.	Duque-Nivia, G., A. Acero, A. Santos-Martinez and E. Rubio, 1996
Remarks	Found mainly in brackish and freshwaters; also over muddy bottoms of coastal marine waters (Ref. 5217). May leap out of the water. A carnivorous fish that returns to the sea to reproduce (Ref. 36880). Bears venomous glands on dorsal and anal spines (Ref. 40401). Juveniles up to 8.2 cm FL feed mainly on scales taken from larger fishes, also on benthic and planktonic crustaceans, and to a minor extent on smaller fishes and polychaetes (Ref. 40402). Juveniles up to 3.0 cm TL adopt a dark brown color pattern while close to decaying plant fragments, an example of camouflage (Ref. 40401, 46533). Over open, detritus-free and light colored sandy bottom, adopts a contrasting yellowish and dark brown pattern, an example of warning colors. Its conspicuous colors are mimicked by juveniles of the non-venomous grunt Pomadasys ramosus (Ref. 46533).

Main Ref.

Duque-Nivia, G., A. Acero, A. Santos-Martinez and E. Rubio, 1996

Remarks

Found mainly in brackish and freshwaters; also over muddy bottoms of coastal marine waters (Ref. 5217). May leap out of the water. A carnivorous fish that returns to the sea to reproduce (Ref. 36880). Bears venomous glands on dorsal and anal spines (Ref. 40401). Juveniles up to 8.2 cm FL feed mainly on scales taken from larger fishes, also on benthic and planktonic crustaceans, and to a minor extent on smaller fishes and polychaetes (Ref. 40402). Juveniles up to 3.0 cm TL adopt a dark brown color pattern while close to decaying plant fragments, an example of camouflage (Ref. 40401, 46533). Over open, detritus-free and light colored sandy bottom, adopts a contrasting yellowish and dark brown pattern, an example of warning colors. Its conspicuous colors are mimicked by juveniles of the non-venomous grunt Pomadasys ramosus (Ref. 46533).

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 Oligoplites palometa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
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Special habitats
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Associations

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Association remarks	Scale-eating behaviour was suggested to originate from opportunistic foraging on other fishes (cleaning) (Ref. 28733).
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Duque-Nivia, G., A. Acero, A. Santos-Martinez and E. Rubio, 1996
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Duque-Nivia, G., A. Acero, A. Santos-Martinez and E. Rubio, 1996

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	4.30	0.48	4.37	0.74	Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies.
From individual food items	4.16	0.67			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Duque-Nivia, G., A. Acero, A. Santos-Martinez and E. Rubio, 1996

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