Ecology Summary - Ambassis gymnocephalus

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Main Ref.	Rainboth, W.J., 1996
Remarks	Found in shallow waters; common in estuaries; may enter lower reaches of rivers. Can tolerate fresh water only within a narrow temperature (23-26°C). Also inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Juveniles and/or adults are found in creeks, inlets, intertidal mud flats and subtidal edge of mud flats (Ref. 121464). Feeds mainly at night on crustaceans, but also takes small fishes, fish eggs and larvae in estuaries (Ref. 7248).

Main Ref.

Rainboth, W.J., 1996

Remarks

Found in shallow waters; common in estuaries; may enter lower reaches of rivers. Can tolerate fresh water only within a narrow temperature (23-26°C). Also inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Juveniles and/or adults are found in creeks, inlets, intertidal mud flats and subtidal edge of mud flats (Ref. 121464). Feeds mainly at night on crustaceans, but also takes small fishes, fish eggs and larvae in estuaries (Ref. 7248).

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 Ambassis gymnocephalus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Parasitism

Feeding

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

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	3.91	0.56			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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