Ecology of Hemiculter bleekeri
 
Main Ref. Dudgeon, D., 1983
Remarks Terrestrial macrophytes were the most important food item in fish stomach contents after inundation of previously exposed marginal zone. Increased water level makes available to the reservoir fishes a significant quantity of food material (Ref. 33691).

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 Hemiculter bleekeri may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref. Dudgeon, D., 1983
Feeding habit grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.
Trophic Level(s)
Estimation method Original sample Unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition 2.14 0.14 2.41 0.08 Troph of juv./adults from 1 study.
From individual food items
Ref. Dudgeon, D., 1983
(e.g. 346)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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