Geographic Range |
Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black
Sea. |
Physical Characteristics |
elongated body, in the back it is lateral
compressed. Mouth is big and turned upwards. The back is gray with black
spots, a silver strip runs through the flank, the abdomen is whitish. |
Behaviour |
it occurs in great schools. |
Habitat |
it is a very euryhaline species, which is
frequently found in brackish waters and more sporadically in freshwater. |
Food habits |
carnivorous, it feeds on small crustaceans,
worms, mollusks and fish larvae. |