| Referencia principal | Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1984 |
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| Observaciones | Feeds on fish and crustaceans (Ref. 4759, 26338). A fish eater off Hawaii and only those fishes <12 cm in body length ate crustaceans, e.g., euphausiids (Ref. 51364). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Associations | shoaling; |
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| Association remarks | Migrate vertically. In the Gulf of Mexico, vertical migration pattern is asynchronous, in the mesopelagic zone (450-700 m) during the day; with about 70% of the individuals vertically migrating upward to 200 m at night, the rest remaining at depth (Ref. 86779). |
| Parasitism |
| Tipo De Alimentación | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1984 |
| Hábito De Alimentación | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
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| Estimation method | Muestra original | Población no pescada | Observación | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
| De la composición de la dieta | 4.20 | 0.73 | 4.33 | 0.71 | Troph of juv./adults from 1 study. |
| De tipos individuales de alimento | 4.06 | 0.69 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
| Referencia | Williams, A., J.A. Koslow, A. Terauds and K. Haskard, 2001 | ||||