Type: MARINE - FISH

Belone belone L.


English name: Garfish
French name: Orphie
Arabic name: ارافيدا/خرم/مسلة

Habitat: Marine; brackish; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous, close to the surface and has a migratory pattern similar to the mackerel

Additional information

Depth 45 - 104 cm
Length for Fishing 2 - 22 m
Habit N/A
Feed On small fishes, particularly clupeids and Engraulis
Global Distribution E. Atlantic, Med.
Conservation Status LC