A large greyish marine fish with small scales which give the skin a leathery appearance. It lives in the Mediterranean and around the western and southern coasts of Africa, where it is a popular game fish.
Lichia amia, family Carangidae
Example sentencesExamples
- After more than an hour's fight, local angler Adriane Domoney managed to land an 18,5kg leervis - also known as a garrick - from the choppy sea near the pier here yesterday.
- The most common fish caught in the area are steenbras, grunter and leervis.
- Local fishermen value this region for its generous yields of leervis.
- David has caught a leervis which was tagged in Durban, indicating the distances of the range and movement of such fish.
- The Breede River is the Cape's premier fishing estuary and has a history of record catches of spotted grunter, leervis, cob and white steenbras.