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.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch leer 'leather' + vis 'fish'.