| Main Ref. | Carpenter, K.E. and G.R. Allen, 1989 | ||||
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| Remarks | Occur inshore (Ref. 75154). Found over seagrass beds, sand and rubble areas of lagoons and reefs (Ref. 30573). Found singly or in groups (Ref. 9710). Juveniles on weedy reefs (Ref. 48635). Feed on mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (Ref. 30573). One of the commonest lethrinids along the coast of east Africa (Ref. 4369). |
| Substrate | Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rubble; |
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| Special habitats | Beds: algae/seaweed; sea grass; Coral Reefs; |
| Special habitats Ref. | Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006 |
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| Feeding type | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Feeding type ref | Carpenter, K.E. and G.R. Allen, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feeding habit | hunting macrofauna (predator) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feeding habit ref | Carpenter, K.E. and G.R. Allen, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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