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Alepes djedaba (Fabricius, 1775)

Shrimp scad
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Israel country information

Common names: Tarakhon, Tsninit du-yamit
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Walford, L. and R. Wicklund, 1973
Importance: commercial | Ref: Galil, B.S., 2007
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: A lessepsian migrant; (see Introduction Table). Large numbers caught occasionally with gill nets and light fishing (Ref. 6328). Recorded from Haifa Bay in 1924 (Ref. 72453). Also Ref. 93649.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Por, F.D., 1978
National Database:

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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