Common names: Ateş balığı, Sardalya, Sardalya balığı
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Estimated yearly catch of 22,000 tons/year. Ranks third as the primary food source after anchovy and gray mullet (Ref. 74723). Found in central coast of Black Sea (Sinop and Samsun vicinity) (Ref. 88083). Also Ref. 188. Status of threat: Near Threatened (Ref. 58342).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bilecenoğlu, M., Taskavak E., S. Mater and M. Kaya, 2002
National Database: CLOMFOT