Ecology Summary - Bodianus rufus

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Main Ref.	Bardach, J.E., 1959
Remarks	Inhabits rocky or coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Feeds on brittle stars, crustaceans, mollusks, and sea urchins (Ref. 9710). Mobile invertebrate feeder (Ref. 57616, 126840). Cleaned by scarlet striped cleaner shrimp (Lysmata grabhami), goby (Gobiosoma evelynae and others), wrasse (Thalassoma trifasciatum), and hogfish (Bodianus rufus) as observed on the coral reefs in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles (Ref. 36810). Also cleaned by Elacatinus figaro observed off the coast of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil (Ref. 40102) and by Halichoeres cyanocephalus observed off the coast of Espirito Santo, southeastern Brazil (Ref. 31373).

Main Ref.

Bardach, J.E., 1959

Remarks

Inhabits rocky or coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Feeds on brittle stars, crustaceans, mollusks, and sea urchins (Ref. 9710). Mobile invertebrate feeder (Ref. 57616, 126840). Cleaned by scarlet striped cleaner shrimp (Lysmata grabhami), goby (Gobiosoma evelynae and others), wrasse (Thalassoma trifasciatum), and hogfish (Bodianus rufus) as observed on the coral reefs in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles (Ref. 36810). Also cleaned by Elacatinus figaro observed off the coast of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil (Ref. 40102) and by Halichoeres cyanocephalus observed off the coast of Espirito Santo, southeastern Brazil (Ref. 31373).

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 Bodianus rufus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	: rocky;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs; Other habitats: deep-water corals;
Special habitats Ref.	Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with	Juveniles actively pick parasites from larger fishes (Ref. 5521).
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Bardach, J.E., 1959
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Bardach, J.E., 1959

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.71	0.24	3.33	0.43	Troph of juv./adults from 1 study.
From individual food items	3.43	0.44			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Randall, J.E., 1967

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