Suez Canal Sillago
(Sillago suezensis)
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General data
Scientific names:
Suez Canal Sillago
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climates:
Tropical, Subtropical
Introduced to coast of:
Europe
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. F
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 reaches to the Aegean Sea.
Sillago suezensis reaches a standard length of 18.5 cm (7.3 in).
