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Name : Lutjanus ehrenbergii

Common Name : Tamso
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Perciformes
Family : Lutjanidae
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Description

Colour of back and upper sides dark brown, lower sides and belly whitish with a silver sheen, often a series of 4 or 5 narrow yellow stripes on sides below lateral line, a prominent round, black spot on back below posterior part of spinous portion of dorsal fin.


Size

Maximum length: 30.0 cm (TL), common length: 15-20 cm (TL)


Diet

Feed on small fish and invertebrates?


Utilization

Consumed fresh.


Gears

Hook and line, trawl, gillnet