| Referencia principal | Allen, G.R., 1985 |
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| Observaciones | Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Juveniles inhabit mangrove areas and seagrass beds (Ref. 128523). L. malabaricus /i> is the most abundant lutjanid species in trawled catches in the Gulf of Carpentaria (Ref. 9700). It is more dominant in night trawls (mean of 3/7 kg/ha, mean of 16.3 kg/hr) than in day trawls (mean: 2.4 kg/ha, mean: 11.8 kg/hr) (Ref. 9700). Dwells in coastal and offshore reefs. Nocturnal. Feeds on fishes and benthic crustaceans (Ref. 9773). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrate | Benthic; Soft Bottom Hard Bottom; |
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| Substrate Ref. | Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z.S., 1995 |
| Special habitats | Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs; |
| Special habitats Ref. | To, A.W.L., K.S.H. Ching and S.K.H. Shea, 2013 |
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| Tipo De Alimentación | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Allen, G.R., 1985 |
| Hábito De Alimentación | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Feeding habit Ref. | Allen, G.R., 1985 |
| Estimation method | Muestra original | Población no pescada | Observación | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| De la composición de la dieta | 4.48 | 0.54 | 4.52 | 0.82 | Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies. |
| De tipos individuales de alimento | 4.07 | 0.62 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Referencia | Salini, J.P., S.J.M. Blaber and D.T. Brewer, 1994 | ||||