Main Ref. | Hopkins, T.L., T.T. Sutton and T.M. Lancraft, 1996 |
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Remarks | Capable of catching and swallowing prey larger than itself, as witness the approximately 24.0 cm SL specimen of Chauliodus sp. in the stomach of a 6.6 cm SL individual (NMNZ P 14537) (Ref. 58502). Males dwarfed and non-parasitic (Ref. 4491). Caught with plankton nets (Ref. 559). Larvae are found primarily in upper 100 m (Ref. 36493). |
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 habit | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
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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 | 4.07 | 0.69 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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