Kocagöz

Trachurus trachurus
#nm_0638📍 Turkish Aegean
Language
Turkish
Transliteration
Kocagoz
IPA
/kodʒaˈɟøz/

Compound: koca + göz koca: big, large, göz: eye

Atlantic horse mackerel (common scad), a jack of the family Carangidae. Slender, laterally compressed body with a large head, two dorsal fins, and a distinctive curved row of bony scutes along the flank; dark blue above with silvery sides and a dark spot on the gill cover. A migratory, shoaling, benthopelagic fish of the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea, usually over sandy bottoms at 100-200 m; commonly ~25 cm, max ~60 cm.

Alternates: Istavrit (Turkish Aegean), Sipar (Turkish Black Sea)