Sea fish
Yellowtail snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus
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- Habitat
- Resif · iskele · yapay yapı
Habitat
Where it lives and in what kind of water: ranges compiled by the research.
Rarely caught on a line from the shore.
Depth
0–180 m
mostly 10–70 m
Water temperature
11.9–32.4 °C
ideal 26.4–28.5 °C
Salinity
Full-strength seawater
21.5–38 ‰
Shore types
- Shoal / reef
Bottom
Lives close to the bottom
- Rock
- Seagrass
Ranges from FishBase, AquaMaps and the literature; a general tendency, not a hard limit.
Confidence: shore type medium, temperature medium
Fishing rules
The regulation holds no separate minimum size or closed season entry for this species. The provisions for Türkiye as a whole apply.
Before you go, check local area and method restrictions.
Species profile
- Scientific name
- Ocyurus chrysurus
- Water type
- Saltwater
- Other names
- Yellowtail snapper
