Ecology Summary - Coelorinchus fasciatus
Ecology of Coelorinchus fasciatus
 
Main Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Remarks Found on the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 75154). Feeds mainly on copepods, polychaetes, benthic mollusks, arthropods, decapods and amphipods, echinoderms and fishes (myctophids and Maurolicus); also other benthic invertebrates (Ref. 6009).

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 Coelorinchus fasciatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Wayland, M.T., C. Sommerville and D.I. Gibson, 1999
Associations parasitism;
Associated with Echinorhynchus sp.;
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Feeding habit hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Trophic Level(s)
Estimation method Original sample Unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition 3.86 0.22 3.87 0.73 Troph of juv./adults from 2 studies.
From individual food items 3.55 0.44 Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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