Ecology Summary - Amblypharyngodon melettinus
Ecologia de Amblypharyngodon melettinus
 
Ref. principal Pethiyagoda, R., 1991
Notas Inhabits slow-flowing streams. Prefers still water with a mud substrate in the dry zone (Ref. 6028). Found to filter-feed on phytoplankton depending on the pharyngeal appendages (Ref. 123180).

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
  • Estuários/lagunas/áreas estuarinas
  • mangroves
  • marshes/swamps
  • rivers/streams
  • lakes/ponds
  • Grutas
  • exclusivamente
Highighted items on the list are where Amblypharyngodon melettinus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

Alimentação

Tipo de alimentação mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref. De Silva, S.S., U.S. Amarasinghe and N.D.N.S. Wijegoonawardena, 1996
Hábito alimentar filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref. Amarasinghe, U.S., W.S. Weliange, M. Kakkaeo, M.C. Villanueva and J. Moreau, 2008
Trophic Level(s)
Estimation method Amostra original População virgem (não pescada) Nota
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
Da composição da dieta 2.06 0.00 2.55 0.00 Troph of adults from 2 studies.
Dos itens alimentares individuais 2.00 0.00 Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
Ref. Weliange, W.S. and U.S. Amarasinghe, 2003
(ex. 346)
(ex. oophagy)
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