Main Ref. | Proudlove, G.S., 1997 |
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Remarks | Restricted to groundwaters of Cape Range and Barrow Island. It occurs in freshwater caves and in seawater in anchialine systems. It is associated with the blind cave eel, Ophisternon candidum, the world's longest cave fish (Ref. 51582). Opportunistic feeders, preying on detritus, algae and whatever organisms, including insects, that accidentally fell into the water (Ref. 51582). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Feeding type | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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Estimation method | Original sample | Unfished population | Remark | ||
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Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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From individual food items | 3.02 | 0.35 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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