| Main Ref. | Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985 | ||||
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| Remarks | Inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Prefers clear saline water with a minimum temperature below 24° C. Occurs from inshore and near surface to edge of shelf and down to 350 m (West Africa), or perhaps even deeper, often rising to surface at night and dispersing. The juveniles tend to stay in nursery areas (main nurseries off Mauritania and Sénégal/Gambia for the West African region), but on maturity rejoin adult stocks in the colder offshore waters (Ref. 188). |
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| Special habitats | Coral Reefs; |
| Special habitats Ref. | Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006 |
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| Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Feeding type ref | Nieland, H., 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feeding habit | selective plankton feeding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feeding habit ref | Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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