مرجان
Pagellus erythrinus
#nm_0050📍 Egypt
- Language
- Standard Arabic
- Transliteration
- Marjan
- IPA
- /mrdʒaːn/
From Arabic marjān (coral) ↳ Possibly from Greek μαργαρίτης margarítēs (pearl) via Syriac; semantic shift from pearl to coral
Oval body, pink overall. Lives in rocky depths up to 250m. Can reach 91cm and 7.7kg. Turkish 'mercan' borrowed from Arabic.
Lent to: Mercan