LARGE SPORTS FISHING PELAGICS
Sailboat (Istiophorus albicans)
Lebou: Doung doung; Wolof: Dieunou-dong.
Maximum size: 3 m. Very migratory species from May to October.
Marlin (Makaira)
Maximum size: up to 4 m.
Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)
Lébou: Kakatarou guedj; Wolof: Ndiakhsine, Yiteunte; Size: up to 160 cm. Very common pelagic species from May to October, especially around Cape Verde.
LARGE PELAGICS: TUNA AND TUNA
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albarcares)
Lébou, Wolof: Ouakhandar
Max size: 2 m. Frequent offshore waters.
Striped-bellied Skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis)
Max size: 70 cm. Frequent deep coastal and oceanic waters, more common during the cold season (December to March).
Ravil (Euthynnus allettaratus)
Lébou: Painful pain, Wolof: Kiri kiri, Oualass
Max size: 100 cm. Frequent coastal waters.
SMALL PELAGICS
Round sardinella (Sardinella aurita)
Lébou: Meureug; Wolof: Yaboy meureug
Max size: 35 cm. Frequent areas of upwelling (cold salty water. During the winter, the schools are up to 300 m.
Flat sardinella (Sardinella maderensis)
Lebou: Tass; Wolof: Yaboy tass
Max size: 30 cm. Coastal species from warm waters, from the surface up to 50 m, sometimes found in estuaries and lagoons.
Cobo (Ethmalosa fimbriata)
Lebou: Awatt; Wolof: Fassou caba; Diola: Diata; Serer: Tindal tchatch.
Max size: 40 cm. Frequent estuaries, coastal waters, lagoons and rivers. Can be fished all year round in the estuaries of Saloum and Casamance.
GROUND FISH
Sole (Cynoglossus senegalensis)
Lébou: Ndédere; Wolof: Tapalé
Max size: 40 cm. Frequent coastal sandy-muddy waters between 10 and 110 m.
Red mullet (Pseudupeneus prayensis)
Lébou, Wolof: Ngor sikim
Max size: 33 cm. Frequent sandy and muddy bottoms from 1 to 60m, often between 20 and 45m.
Sompatt (Pomadasys jubelini)
Lebou: Sompatt; Wolof: Coruna; Serer: Ngokoy
Max size: 40 cm. Frequent coastal waters and estuaries. Found on muddy and sandy-muddy bottoms up to 60m.
grouper
Machoiron (Arius latisculatus)
Lebou: Kong; Wolof: Dakak; Serer: Kutkudian
Max size: 60 cm. Frequent in coastal and brackish waters, common during the rainy season, is also captured in backwaters.
Brotula (Brotula barbata)
Lebou, Wolof: Mori
Max size: 75 cm. The adults frequent the deep muddy bottoms of the continental slope.
Captain (Galeoides decadactylus)
Lebou: Tiekem; Wolof: Siket Mbao; Serer: Damald woruma
Max size: 45 cm. Shallow coastal areas on sandy and muddy bottoms and estuaries. Frequent from May to October.
Blue-spotted grouper (Cephalopholis taeniops)
Lebou: Kelle; Wolof: Khonke
Max size: 45 cm. Frequent rocky areas and coastal coral bottoms (from 3 to 75 m) and coastal sandy bottoms. Present all year round.
Thiof (Epinephelus aeneus)
Lébou, Wolof: Thiof; Serer: Nodiof
Max size: 115 cm. Frequent the sandy and muddy bottoms of the coast up to 100m. Migrating species from the north coast to the south.
SELACIANS
Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Lebou: Mane; Wolof: Gandé guetj
Max size: 250 cm. Frequent nearshore and offshore coastal waters.
Guitar ray (Rhinobatos rhinobatos)
Lébou: Tanneu; Wolof: Thiaukher
Max size: 100 cm. Frequent shallow coastal waters.
Ray (Dasyatis pastinaca)
Max size: 250 cm. Frequent shallow coastal bottoms.
CEPHALOPODS
Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
Frequent various habitats from 0 to 200 m.
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
Max size: 40cm coat length, 3.5kg. From the surface to depths of 200m.
