Bogue
Average size: 18cm
Maximum size: 30 cm
The bogue has a stretched body, with a small head, small mouth and tiny teeth. The eyes are quite big. It is silver with yellow-green horizontal lines from the head to the caudal peduncle. It lives in big shoals between the surface and 150 meter of depth. It feeds on zooplankton. It is caught with fixed nets and fish-traps.
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Notes
Roberto Sandulli, “Dentro al mare della Costa d'Amalfi" guida alla fauna marina della Costiera Amalfitana, Ecostiera edizioni, anno 1999