Ecology Summary - Oligoplites saurus

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Main Ref.	Randall, J.E., 1967
Remarks	Found inshore, usually along sandy beaches, in bays and inlets (Ref. 9283). Enters estuaries and freshwater (Ref. 9283). Prefers turbid water (Ref. 9283). Occurs in schools, usually large and fast moving, often leaping out of the water (Ref. 9283). Juveniles may float at the surface with tail bent and head down. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 9283). Its dorsal and anal spines are connected to venomous glands that can inflict painful wounds (Ref. 9283).

Main Ref.

Randall, J.E., 1967

Remarks

Found inshore, usually along sandy beaches, in bays and inlets (Ref. 9283). Enters estuaries and freshwater (Ref. 9283). Prefers turbid water (Ref. 9283). Occurs in schools, usually large and fast moving, often leaping out of the water (Ref. 9283). Juveniles may float at the surface with tail bent and head down. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 9283). Its dorsal and anal spines are connected to venomous glands that can inflict painful wounds (Ref. 9283).

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 Oligoplites saurus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	: sand;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1995
Associations	schooling;
Associated with	Scale-eating behavior was suggested to originate from opportunistic foraging on other fishes (cleaning) (Ref. 28733). Mutilators feeding on larger fishes' scales (Ref. 40396).
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Randall, J.E., 1967
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Randall, J.E., 1967

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	4.33	0.53	4.27	0.69	Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies.
From individual food items	3.53	0.52			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Duque-Nivia, G., A. Acero, A. Santos-Martinez and E. Rubio, 1996

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