Sarıkanat istavriti
Trachurus mediterraneus
#nm_0549📍 Turkish Aegean
- Language
- Turkish
- Measurement
- 30 — 50 cm
- Transliteration
- Sarikanat istavriti
- IPA
- /saˈɾɯ.ka.nat is.tav.ɾiˈti/
Compound: sarı + kanat + istavrit sarı: yellow, kanat: fin/wing, istavrit: horse mackerel, from Greek σαυρίδι savrídi (horse mackerel)
Mediterranean horse mackerel, a jack of the family Carangidae with an elongated, compressed body, dusky blue-grey above, silvery-white below, and a yellow caudal fin. Distinguished from T. trachurus by a preference for shallower water and denser schooling, and is the more commonly caught horse mackerel in the Mediterranean. Benthopelagic at 5-250 m, ranging the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Aegean, Sea of Marmara and Black Sea; commonly ~30 cm, max ~60 cm.
⚠️ Often confused with: Karagöz istavriti (Trachurus trachurus)
Same species, different names
Mediterranean horse mackerelInternational
Sarıkanat istavritiTurkish Aegean