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Vulnerability
Species of least concern
Information
Occur inshore, enters brackish lagoons and freshwater. Migrate occasionally. Tend to move northward in summer-time as the temperatures rise. Feed mainly on diatoms, algae, small invertebrates and detritus. Utilized as a food fish.
Localization
Eastern Atlantic: Scandinavia and Iceland, south to Senegal and Cape Verde. Also Mediterranean Sea; southwestern Black Sea.
Credits: Fishbase, Sealifebase, Aquamaps
Environment
Marine/Brackish/Freshwater
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