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Ecology of Engraulis australis
 
Main Ref. Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
Remarks Occur mostly inshore: chiefly in bays, inlets and estuaries, sometimes in lowered salinities, but older fishes tending to move out to sea in winter and back in the spring. Form compact schools. Larval and juvenile anchovy inhabit bays, inlets and brackish estuaries (Ref. 189, 26499).

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 Engraulis australis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref. Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
Feeding habit selective plankton feeding
Feeding habit Ref. Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988
Trophic Level(s)
Estimation method Original sample Unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 3.00 0.00 Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.
(e.g. 346)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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