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Alepes djedaba (Fabricius, 1775)

Shrimp scad
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Turkey country information

Common names: Çatal balığı
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Mersin and Iskenderun Bays, eastern Mediterranean (Ref. 41077). Lessepsian migrant (Ref. 50162). Apparently it migrated from the Marmara Sea via the Istanbul Strait (Bosphorus) to the Black Sea, It was caught by using fish net at a depth of 30 m on 11 October 2017 from Sinop Bay, the West Black Sea (Ref. 123585). Also Ref. 94612.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bilecenoğlu, M., Taskavak E., S. Mater and M. Kaya, 2002
National Database: CLOMFOT

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Alepes: Greek, alepis, -idos = without scales (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243).   Subtropical; 46°N - 37°S, 19°E - 138°W

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