Main Ref. | Casatti, L. and R.M.C. Castro, 1998 |
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Remarks | Ratio of digestive tube length/standard length is 1.2. Collects food items from drifting current and sometimes trims submerged roots of Poaceae or algae attached to rocks. When collecting items carried by the current, the fish swims upstream orientated, either in the middle of the water column, or at the margins or downstream from rocks (Ref. 27701). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Parasitism |
Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) |
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Feeding type Ref. | Casatti, L. and R.M.C. Castro, 1998 |
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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 | 2.72 | 0.36 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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