Indiese makriel: Brief Summary
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Die Indiese makriel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) is 'n vis wat aan die ooskus van Suid-Afrika voorkom vanaf Durban. Die kop en liggaam is blou-groen met horisontale strepe aan die bokant van die liggaam terwyl die pens silwer is. 'n Swart kol op die liggaam word deur die pektorale vin bedek en die dorsale vinne is gelerig met swart punte. Die vis word 35 cm lank en leef net in water wat meer as 17 °C is.
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Occurs in areas where surface water temperatures are at least below 17°C in coastal bays, harbors, and deep lagoons, usually in some turbid plankton-rich waters. Form schools in coastal waters. Feeds on phytoplankton (diatoms) and small zooplankton (cladocerans, ostracods, larval polychaetes, etc.). Adult individuals feed on macroplankton such as larval shrimps and fish. Generally marketed fresh, frozen, canned, dried-salted, and smoked; also made into fish sauce (Ref. 9684).
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- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Collette, B. B. (1970). <i>Rastrelliger kanagurta</i>, another Red Sea immigrant into the Mediterranean Sea, with a key to the Mediterranean species of Scombridae. <em>Bulletin Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa.</em> 54: 3-6.
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