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Chelon dumerili (Mullet; Groovy mullet; Grooved mullet; Brasilian mullet)

Synonyms:
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Catadromous

Prey / Diet

Assiminea ovata[2]
Iphinoe truncata[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Lithognathus lithognathus (Whitefish)1
Psammogobius knysnaensis (Knysna sandgoby)1

Predators

Lichia amia (leer fish)[2]
Scomberoides lysan (White fish)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pseudogrillotia perelica[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3The Fish Community of the Swartvlei Estuary and the Influence of Food Availability on Resource Utilization, ALAN K. WHITFIELD, Estuaries Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 160-170 September 1988
4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0