Ecology Summary - Scorpaenodes arenai

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Main Ref.	Gerovasileiou, V. and N. Bailly, 2015
Remarks	This species was reported during diving in a subtidal tunnel (14 m deep) in the Azores where it was regularly observed as a 'resident species', exhibiting nocturnal feeding habits. It was also found in the dark zone of a sublittoral cave in the Mediterranean where the species was spotted in a typical dark cave community dominated by serpulid polychaetes and sponges (e.g. Agelas oroides, Dendroxea lenis, and Haliclona mucosa). Large swarms of the shrimp Plesionika narval were found throughout the cave while its fish assemblage also included Anthias anthias, Apogon imberbis, Phycis phycis and Serranus cabrilla (Ref. 104757).

Main Ref.

Gerovasileiou, V. and N. Bailly, 2015

Remarks

This species was reported during diving in a subtidal tunnel (14 m deep) in the Azores where it was regularly observed as a 'resident species', exhibiting nocturnal feeding habits. It was also found in the dark zone of a sublittoral cave in the Mediterranean where the species was spotted in a typical dark cave community dominated by serpulid polychaetes and sponges (e.g. Agelas oroides, Dendroxea lenis, and Haliclona mucosa). Large swarms of the shrimp Plesionika narval were found throughout the cave while its fish assemblage also included Anthias anthias, Apogon imberbis, Phycis phycis and Serranus cabrilla (Ref. 104757).

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 Scorpaenodes arenai may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
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Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

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Feeding habit
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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
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