Sillago suezensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Sillaginidae |
| Genus: | Sillago |
| Species: | S. suezensis
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| Sillago suezensis | |
Sillago suezensis is a species of marine 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 reaches to the Aegean Sea.[2]
Description[edit]
Sillago suezensis reaches a standard length of 18.5 cm (7.3 in).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Mouneimne N. 1977. Liste des poissons de la côte du Liban (Méditerranée orientale). Cybium , 1: 37-66.
- ^ 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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Sillago suezensis" in FishBase. February 2015 version.