Ecology Summary - Caligus bonito

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Ecology of Caligus bonito

Main Ref.	Williams, E.H. Jr. and L. Bunkley-Williams, 1996
Remarks	Found more common offshore but also found in a variety of inshore habitat.

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 Caligus bonito may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: (Found in Atlantic bonito, bluefin tuna, cero, dolphin, little tunny and skipjack tuna in the Atlantic and in a variety of bonitos and tunas in the Indo-Pacific.); vertebrates
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Williams, E.H. Jr. and L. Bunkley-Williams, 1996
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism	(Attached on roof of the mouth and bases of branchial arches.) inside host

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.