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Vulnerability
Species of least concern
Information
Gregarious fish; immature ones often occur in large schools. Lives mostly on the outer shelf, but moves inshore to depths of 50 m or less for spawning. Feeds on benthic (seafloor level) crustaceans but also on small fish, mollusks and polychaetes.
Localization
Eastern Atlantic: British Isles and Skagerrak to the African coast, including offshore islands; western Mediterranean.
Credits: Fishbase, Sealifebase, Aquamaps
Environment
Marine
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