Ecology Summary - Catostylus mosaicus

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Ecology of Catostylus mosaicus

Main Ref.	Pitt, K.A. and M.J. Kingsford, 2003
Remarks	Occurs commonly in estuaries, semi-enclosed coastal waters (Ref. 3046) like lagoons and shallow bays where it is abundant (Ref. 3048). Occurs in an estuarine front (Ref. 3046). Found at a depth of <1 m (Refs. 3046, 122801, 122802).

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 Catostylus mosaicus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	(Commensal of Peprilus alepidotus, Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Ref. 3089) and probably Latreutes anoplonyx (Ref. 3091) and Ibacus sp. (Ref. 3095).);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Purcell, J.E. and M.N. Arai, 2001
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Trachurus novaezelandiae
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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
Ref.