Ecology Summary - Parauchenoglanis ngamensis

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Main Ref.	van der Waal, B.C.W. and P.H. Skelton, 1984
Remarks	Favors rocky habitats or marginal vegetation in slow-flowing rivers and lagoons, often taking shelter under trees. Diet consists of small fishes and invertebrates like snails, shrimps and insects. Eggs are large and relatively few, suggesting parental care, but no details are know. 'Grunts' when taken out of the water (Ref. 7248). Frequency of occurence in Caprivi: occasionally in sandy streams, occasionally on rocky streams, frequently in standing deep water (Ref. 037065).

Main Ref.

van der Waal, B.C.W. and P.H. Skelton, 1984

Remarks

Favors rocky habitats or marginal vegetation in slow-flowing rivers and lagoons, often taking shelter under trees. Diet consists of small fishes and invertebrates like snails, shrimps and insects. Eggs are large and relatively few, suggesting parental care, but no details are know. 'Grunts' when taken out of the water (Ref. 7248). Frequency of occurence in Caprivi: occasionally in sandy streams, occasionally on rocky streams, frequently in standing deep water (Ref. 037065).

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 Parauchenoglanis ngamensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
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Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
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Feeding habit
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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	3.59	0.58			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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