Carangidae

garrick

Lichia amia

Two Hundred Centimeters Carangid Fish of the Western Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The leerfish or garrick (Lichia amia) is a species of marine fish in the family Trachinotidae. It is the only extant member of the genus Lichia. It is native to much of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from the Mediterranean and western Black Sea, north to France, and south along the coastal waters of western Africa, reaching as far south as eastern South Africa.