İlarya
Mugil cephalus
#nm_0404📍 Turkish Black Sea
- Language
- Turkish
- Measurement
- 0 — 15 cm
- Transliteration
- Ilarya
- IPA
- /iˈlaɾja/
Origin uncertain ↳ Recorded in Samsun (Black Sea) as yılarya, kefal balığının küçüğü (small grey mullet), in the Derleme Sözlüğü (Uysal 2011); the prothetic y- before i- is a common Anatolian dialect feature
Called 'sea's garbage collector' - feeds on coastal waste. Torpedo-shaped, agile. Considered most intelligent fish.