Suez Canal Sillago

Sillago suezensis

Sillaginid Fish from the Mediterranean Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Africa
West Asia
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

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, it experienced a population explosion in Levantine waters, where it is now very common and has spread as far as the Aegean Sea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sillaginidae
Genus: Sillago
Maximum length: 18.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Northern Red Sea (Gulf of Suez, Egypt) and southeastern Mediterranean Sea with southeastern Aegean Sea (Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey).

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