Ecology Summary - Ginglymostoma cirratum

Taal:

Hoofdreferentie	Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Opmerkingen	Common over shallow sand flats, in channels, and around coral reefs; Young may be found among prop roots of red mangroves (Ref. 26938). Found on continental and insular shelves. A solitary (Ref. 26340) and sluggish fish, often encountered lying on the bottom (Ref. 9987). Macro-carnivore (Ref. 126840). Nocturnal, feeding on bottom invertebrates such as spiny lobsters, shrimps, crabs, sea urchins, squids, octopi, snails and bivalves, and fishes like catfishes, mullets, puffers and stingrays. Algae is occasionally found in its stomach. This species feeds by sucking in food at high speed through its small mouth and large, bellows-like pharynx. It feeds on big, heavy-shelled conchs by flipping them over and extracting the snail from its shell, presumably with its teeth and by suction. Carnivore (Ref. 57616).

Hoofdreferentie

Compagno, L.J.V., 1984

Opmerkingen

Common over shallow sand flats, in channels, and around coral reefs; Young may be found among prop roots of red mangroves (Ref. 26938). Found on continental and insular shelves. A solitary (Ref. 26340) and sluggish fish, often encountered lying on the bottom (Ref. 9987). Macro-carnivore (Ref. 126840). Nocturnal, feeding on bottom invertebrates such as spiny lobsters, shrimps, crabs, sea urchins, squids, octopi, snails and bivalves, and fishes like catfishes, mullets, puffers and stingrays. Algae is occasionally found in its stomach. This species feeds by sucking in food at high speed through its small mouth and large, bellows-like pharynx. It feeds on big, heavy-shelled conchs by flipping them over and extracting the snail from its shell, presumably with its teeth and by suction. Carnivore (Ref. 57616).

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	Estuaria/Lagunes/Brak water mangroven moerassen	rivers/streams lakes/ponds Grotten Enkel in grotten

Highighted items on the list are where Ginglymostoma cirratum may be found.

Habitat

Ondergrond	Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref.
Speciale habitats	Coral Reefs; Other habitats: deep-water corals;
Special habitats Ref.	Simon, T., H.T. Pinheiro, R.L. Moura, A. Carvalho-Filho, L.A. Rocha, A.S. Martins, E. Mazzei, R.B. Francini-Filho, G.M. Amado-Filho and J.-C. Joyeux, 2016

Associaties

Ref.	Claro, R., 1994
Associaties	solitary;
Geassocieerd met
Opmerkingen in verband met associaties
Parasitisme

Voeding

Voedingstype	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Cortés, E., 1999
Voedingsgewoonte	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Randall, J.E., 1967

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Origineel staal		Onbeviste populatie		Opmerking
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Opmerking
Op basis van dieetsamenstelling	4.15	0.21	3.77	0.50	Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies.
Op basis van individuele voedselitems	4.30	0.74			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Cortés, E., 1999

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