Lebanon Famous Marine Fish - Mormyrus

مرمور             Marbré

Lithognathus mormyrus

                            

Size / Weight / Age:

Max length: 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; common length: 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; max. reported age: 12 years

Environment:

Demersal; brackish; marine; depth range: 0 - 150 m, usually 10 - 20 m.

Climate / Range:

Subtropical; 50°N - 40°S

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 Distribution:

Bottom of FormEastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay, Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean, Black, and Azov seas to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and the Mozambique Channel. Also found around the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and Madeira Is. Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea; southern Mozambique to the Cape of Good Hope; not found in tropical east Africa.

Short description:

Dorsal Spines (total): 11; Dorsal Soft Rays (total): 12-13; Anal Spines: 3; Anal Soft Rays: 10 - 11

Top of Form

Bottom of Form

Found on the shelf, over sandy and muddy bottoms as well as sea grass-beds and estuaries.Gregarious, sometimes forming sizeable schools. Feeds on worms mollusks and small crustaceans. Protandric hermaphrodite. Flesh excellent; sold fresh and dried.

Threat to humans: Harmless.

Human uses: Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes.

Common names:

Lebanon: مرمور, Marmour

Egypt: غزيلّة

Libya: منكوس

France: Marbré.

Italy: Mormora, Marmura, Marmarozza.