Ecology Summary - Terapon jarbua

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Main Ref.	Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989
Remarks	Occur in lentic and lotic freshwater (Ref. 7300); also found in coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Found over shallow sandy bottoms, in the vicinity of river mouths. Enter estuaries and rivers (Ref. 1479). Scale-eating behavior was suggested to originate from modified predation and modified parasite removal (Ref. 28733). Juveniles common in sandy intertidal areas. Omnivorous (Ref. 7300), feeding on fishes, insects, algae, and sand-dwelling invertebrates (Ref. 9710). Coastal. Dwells in rocky shore tidal pools, wetlands and estuaries. Ambush predator. Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes (Ref. 9773).

Main Ref.

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989

Remarks

Occur in lentic and lotic freshwater (Ref. 7300); also found in coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Found over shallow sandy bottoms, in the vicinity of river mouths. Enter estuaries and rivers (Ref. 1479). Scale-eating behavior was suggested to originate from modified predation and modified parasite removal (Ref. 28733). Juveniles common in sandy intertidal areas. Omnivorous (Ref. 7300), feeding on fishes, insects, algae, and sand-dwelling invertebrates (Ref. 9710). Coastal. Dwells in rocky shore tidal pools, wetlands and estuaries. Ambush predator. Feeds on invertebrates and small 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 Terapon jarbua may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z.S., 1995
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994
Associations	schooling;
Associated with
Association remarks	Forms schools (Ref. 9710).
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Blaber, S.J.M., 1980
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	3.93	0.46	3.68	0.55	Troph of juv./adults from 1 study.
From individual food items	3.75	0.55			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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