Saurida lessepsianus Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015
Body elongate and cylindrical, slightly compressed caudal peduncle. Color silvery. Upper margin of tail has a row of 3-8 (usually 6 or 7) distinct blackish spots.
Ondrias, IC (1971). A list of the fresh and sea water fishes of Greece. Hellenic Oceanology and Limnology 10: 23-96
<1971
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Mainly found on sandy or muddy substrates to about 100 m, but more common inshore close to islands or coasts in depths of 20-30 m. Mainly piscivorous.
No impact on biodiversity has been reported to date.
No impact on health and ecosystem services has been reported to date. It is a commercial species, important in the trawl fishery of the Gulf of Suez and the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, where it is in a state of high overfishing and severe overexploitation. Also economically important fish in the north-eastern Levant, listed among the most common species (almost one third of the catch) in the trawl fishery.
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Records of Saurida lessepsianus
Sites where Saurida lessepsianus has been recorded in the Hellenic Seas.
