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Article Nº 3102 Fish Vol. III · p. 307

Ranhosa (Lichia glauca)

The ranhosa is a carangid fish common in Madeiran waters, often shoaling with mackerel and scad, with poor-tasting flesh.

A fish of the family Carangidae, frequent in the waters of the archipelago and sometimes seen close to the coast. Out at sea it sometimes appears in large shoals, together with mackerel, scad and garfish (agulha). It is also known by the names trombeta and facaio, and its flesh has little flavour.

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