Main Ref. | Schneider, M., 1995 | ||||
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Remarks | Often in large schools (Ref. 5227) over coral and rocky reefs (Ref. 9286). Feed on algae, gastropods, and small crustaceans (Ref. 9286). Omnivore (Ref. 57615). |
Substrate | Hard Bottom: rocky; |
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Special habitats | Coral Reefs; Corals: soft corals hard corals; |
Special habitats Ref. | Dominici-Arosemena, A. and M. Wolff, 2006 |
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Association remarks | Pick parasites from larger fishes like Paranthias colonus and Mulloides dentatus (Ref. 28023). |
Parasitism |
Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Feeding type ref | Schneider, M., 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Feeding habit | variable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Feeding habit ref | Dominici-Arosemena, A. and M. Wolff, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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