Ecology Summary - Teleogramma obamaorum

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Main Ref.	Stiassny, M.L.J. and S.E. Alter, 2015
Remarks	In 2011, when water levels in the main channel of the middle Congo River reached an historic low, a series of rocky outcrops, that in previous (and subsequent) years had been completely submerged, were partially exposed and accessible for sampling and it was only on these that specimens of Teleogramma obamaorum were collected; since only very few rocky outcrops were located, and most of the shoreline was comprised of sandy or reed-fringed banks, this suggests that the short stretch where all T. obamaorum specimens were collected may represent the entire distributional range of the species (Ref. 104438).

Main Ref.

Stiassny, M.L.J. and S.E. Alter, 2015

Remarks

In 2011, when water levels in the main channel of the middle Congo River reached an historic low, a series of rocky outcrops, that in previous (and subsequent) years had been completely submerged, were partially exposed and accessible for sampling and it was only on these that specimens of Teleogramma obamaorum were collected; since only very few rocky outcrops were located, and most of the shoreline was comprised of sandy or reed-fringed banks, this suggests that the short stretch where all T. obamaorum specimens were collected may represent the entire distributional range of the species (Ref. 104438).

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	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Teleogramma obamaorum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Stiassny, M.L.J. and S.E. Alter, 2015
Special habitats	Beds: rock;
Special habitats Ref.	Stiassny, M.L.J. and S.E. Alter, 2015

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Parasitism

Feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
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From individual food items
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