Ecology Summary - Epinephelus lanceolatus

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Main Ref.	Thollot, P., 1996
Remarks	Occuring on coral reefs (Ref. 54301, 58534), often in overhangs (Ref. 122680). Largest bony fish found in coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Common in shallow waters. Found in caves (Ref. 48635, 122680) or wrecks; also in estuaries. Individuals more than a meter long have been caught from shore and in harbors. Juveniles secretive in reefs and rarely seen (Ref. 48635). Feed on spiny lobsters, fishes, including small sharks and batoids, and juvenile sea turtles and crustaceans. In South African estuaries, the main prey item is the mud crab, Scylla serrata.

Main Ref.

Thollot, P., 1996

Remarks

Occuring on coral reefs (Ref. 54301, 58534), often in overhangs (Ref. 122680). Largest bony fish found in coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Common in shallow waters. Found in caves (Ref. 48635, 122680) or wrecks; also in estuaries. Individuals more than a meter long have been caught from shore and in harbors. Juveniles secretive in reefs and rarely seen (Ref. 48635). Feed on spiny lobsters, fishes, including small sharks and batoids, and juvenile sea turtles and crustaceans. In South African estuaries, the main prey item is the mud crab, Scylla serrata.

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 Epinephelus lanceolatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro and K. Pothin, 2004

Associations

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Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Thollot, P., 1996
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Thollot, P., 1996

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	4.00	0.60			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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