Leerfish

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 in weight. They inhabit the coastal wave zone where they form small shoals to hunt other smaller fish, favouring mullets.

Leerfish

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Trachinotinae
Genus: Lichia
Cuvier, 1816
Species:
L. amia
Binomial name
Lichia amia
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scomber amia Linnaeus, 1758
  • Caesiomorus amia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Caranx amia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hypacantus amia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Centronotus vadigo Lacépède, 1801
  • Campogramma vadigo (Lacepède, 1801)
  • Scomber flexuosus Lichtenstein, 1823
  • Porthmeus argenteus Valenciennes, 1833

References
  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Lichia amia" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. Van Der Elst, R. (1993). A Guide to the Common Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers. ISBN 1-86825-394-5.
  4. Black Sea Fishes Check List Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
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