Ecology Summary - Selaroides leptolepis

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Main Ref.	Yamashita, Y., N. Piamthipmanus and K. Mochizuki, 1987
Remarks	Inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Associated with seagrass (Ref. 118046). Forms large demersal schools over soft bottom habitats at depths shallower than 50 m. Sometimes ascends into freshwater reaches; encountered in the freshwater tidal zone in the Mekong delta (Ref. 12693). Demersal. Dwells in soft subtrates. Schooling species. Diurnal feeder. Feeds on ostracods, gastropods, euphausiids, and small and juvenile fishes (Ref. 9773).

Main Ref.

Yamashita, Y., N. Piamthipmanus and K. Mochizuki, 1987

Remarks

Inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Associated with seagrass (Ref. 118046). Forms large demersal schools over soft bottom habitats at depths shallower than 50 m. Sometimes ascends into freshwater reaches; encountered in the freshwater tidal zone in the Mekong delta (Ref. 12693). Demersal. Dwells in soft subtrates. Schooling species. Diurnal feeder. Feeds on ostracods, gastropods, euphausiids, and small and juvenile fishes (Ref. 9773).

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 Selaroides leptolepis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: demersal; Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref.	Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z.S., 1995
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006

Associations

Ref.
Associations	schooling;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Yamashita, Y., N. Piamthipmanus and K. Mochizuki, 1987
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Yamashita, Y., N. Piamthipmanus and K. Mochizuki, 1987

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.84	0.24	3.40	0.35	Troph of juv./adults from 1 study.
From individual food items	3.92	0.47			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Yamashita, Y., N. Piamthipmanus and K. Mochizuki, 1987

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