Ecology Summary - Acrochordus granulatus

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Ecology of Acrochordus granulatus

Main Ref.	Wangkulangkul, S., K. Thirakhupt and H.K. Voris, 2005
Remarks	Nocturnal. Feeds on gobies and occasionally on marine crustaceans (Ref. 2413). Usually found in inshore waters, estuaries, and tidal rivers (Ref. 78651).

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 Acrochordus granulatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Wangkulangkul, S., K. Thirakhupt and H.K. Voris, 2005
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Wangkulangkul, S., K. Thirakhupt and H.K. Voris, 2005

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	4.50	0.80			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.