Main Ref. | Post, A., 1986 |
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Remarks | Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Adults at greater depths than juveniles. Young feed mainly on crustaceans. Adults feed on fish (Ref.4737). Contact chemoreception may be the primary system for sensing and locating prey organisms in which the fangtooth presumably scull slowly until it bumps into a potential prey (Ref. 40644). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Parasitism |
Feeding type | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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Feeding type Ref. | Post, A., 1986 |
Feeding habit | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
Feeding habit Ref. | Post, A., 1986 |
Estimation method | Original sample | Unfished population | Remark | ||
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Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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From individual food items | 4.01 | 0.53 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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