Ecology Summary - Pseudocaranx dentex

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Main Ref.	Honebrink, R., 1990
Remarks	Prefers banks and deep slopes (Ref. 122680). Is an opportunistic bottom feeder preying on fish, mollusks and crustaceans. Reported to exhibit suspension feeding (ram filtering) like other carangid species (Ref. 30206). In New Zealand, studies indicate that adult fish may move between demersal and pelagic habitats on a seasonal basis (Ref. 5961). At 2-3 months of age, when about 4 cm long, juvenile fish move into shallow inshore waters (Ref. 27733).

Main Ref.

Honebrink, R., 1990

Remarks

Prefers banks and deep slopes (Ref. 122680). Is an opportunistic bottom feeder preying on fish, mollusks and crustaceans. Reported to exhibit suspension feeding (ram filtering) like other carangid species (Ref. 30206). In New Zealand, studies indicate that adult fish may move between demersal and pelagic habitats on a seasonal basis (Ref. 5961). At 2-3 months of age, when about 4 cm long, juvenile fish move into shallow inshore waters (Ref. 27733).

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 Pseudocaranx dentex may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs: reef slope/drop-offs;
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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Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Honebrink, R., 1990
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Honebrink, R., 1990

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.92	0.56	3.92	0.68	Troph of juv./adults from 1 study.
From individual food items	3.66	0.50			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Kulbicki, M., Y.-M. Bozec, P. Labrosse, Y. Letourneur, G. Mou-Tham and L. Wantiez, 2005

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