Ecology Summary - Stegostoma tigrinum

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Main Ref.	Blaber, S.J.M., 1980
Remarks	Inhabits rocky and coral reefs (Ref. 9137). A tropical inshore shark found on sand, rubble, or coral bottoms of the continental and insular shelves (Refs. 247, 9773, 129713). Recorded to have entered freshwater (Ref. 4735). Rather sluggish at least during the day (Ref. 247). Nocturnal, feeds mainly on mollusks, bivalves, small bony fishes and crabs (Refs. 9993, 129713). Slow-swimming and able to squirm into narrow cracks, crevices and channel in reefs while searching for food (Ref. 247).

Main Ref.

Blaber, S.J.M., 1980

Remarks

Inhabits rocky and coral reefs (Ref. 9137). A tropical inshore shark found on sand, rubble, or coral bottoms of the continental and insular shelves (Refs. 247, 9773, 129713). Recorded to have entered freshwater (Ref. 4735). Rather sluggish at least during the day (Ref. 247). Nocturnal, feeds mainly on mollusks, bivalves, small bony fishes and crabs (Refs. 9993, 129713). Slow-swimming and able to squirm into narrow cracks, crevices and channel in reefs while searching for food (Ref. 247).

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 Stegostoma tigrinum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Flandinette, P., 2022
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Compagno, L.J.V., 2001

Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Cortés, E., 1999
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Blaber, S.J.M., 1980

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.10	0.40	3.09	0.36	Troph of juv./adults from 1 study.
From individual food items	3.85	0.41			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Cortés, E., 1999

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