Sillago suezensis

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Sillago suezensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sillaginidae
Genus: Sillago
Species:
S. suezensis
Binomial name
Sillago suezensis

Sillago suezensis is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the smelt-whiting family Sillaginidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and the northern Red Sea, including the Gulf of Suez. Following its first record in the Mediterranean Sea, off Lebanon in 1977, [1] it experienced a population explosion in Levantine waters, where it is now very common and has spread as far as the Aegean Sea. [2]

Description

Sillago suezensis reaches a standard length of 18.5 cm (7.3 in). [3]

References

  1. Mouneimne N. 1977. Liste des poissons de la côte du Liban (Méditerranée orientale). Cybium , 1: 37-66.
  2. Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Sillago suezensis). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Sillago_suezensis.pdf
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sillago suezensis". FishBase . February 2015 version.