Fish of the Campogramma (vadigo) genus of the subfamily Naucratinae of the Carangidae family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Vadigo. Photo by © Henk Heessen. marinespecies.org)
Vadigo (Campogramma glaycos) was first described in 1801 by the French ichthyologist Bernard Germain Étienne de Laville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède (1756-1825).
It is a pelagic coastal species, inhabits the depth of 15-30 meters. The maximum recorded length is 60 cm. The maximum weight is 2.8 kilograms. It feeds on fish.
(Vadigo. Photo by © bluemarlin3.com / colapisci.it)
It has been found in the Adriatic Sea several times.
Names of vadigo (Campogramma glaycos) in other languages as follows:
Teniolitsa (Greek), Lirio (Spanish), Leccia fasciata (Italian), Enxareu-palheta (Portuguese), Stavrid verde (Romanian), Полосатая лихия (Polosataja likhija) (Russian), Strela šarena, Lica šarena, Strijela šarulja (Serbian, Croatian), Liche lirio (French).