Sillago suezensis
Sillago suezensis is a species of marine fish in the smelt-whiting family Sillaginidae. It is found in Western Indian Ocean and the Northern Red Sea including the Gulf of Suez, in Egypt and the southeastern Mediterranean Sea and the southeastern Aegean Sea including Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Turkey. [1]This species reaches a length of 18.5 cm (7.3 in).[2]
| Sillago suezensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sillaginidae |
| Genus: | Sillago |
| Species: | S. suezensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sillago suezensis | |
References
- Golani, D., Fricke, R. & Tikochinski, Y. (2013): Sillago suezensis, a new whiting from the northern Red Sea, and status of Sillago erythraea Cuvier (Teleostei: Sillaginidae). Journal of Natural History, 48 (7-8): 413-428.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Sillago suezensis" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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