Leerfish
| Leerfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | Trachinotinae |
| Genus: | Lichia Cuvier, 1816 |
| Species: | L. amia
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| Binomial name | |
| Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The leerfish or garrick (Lichia amia) is a species of marine fish in the family Carangidae, and is native to the Mediterranean and the coastal waters of western Africa to the coastal waters of eastern South Africa.[2][3] Also recorded in the Black Sea.[4] These fish can reach 1.5 m in length and more than 30 kg [citation needed] in weight. They inhabit the coastal wave zone where they form small shoals to hunt other smaller fish, favouring mullets. Male female ratio of the leer fish is 1:1.9. It feeds exclusively on fish mainly Sardinella Sardinella aurita. south African leer fish are believed to reach maturity at 800mm fork length and spawn in spring (September- november) or coast of KwaZulu-Natal(van der Elston et al 1993) Juvenile leer fish are considered to be esturine dependent and piscivorous feeding mostly on small clupeid (coetzee 1982 , small and Kok 1983,Marais 1984)
References
- ^ de Morais, L.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Sagna, A.; et al. (2015). "Lichia amia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198642A43159295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198642A43159295.en.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lichia amia". FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ Van Der Elst, R. (1993). A Guide to the Common Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers. ISBN 1-86825-394-5.
- ^ Black Sea Fishes Check List Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
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