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Striped red mullet

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Red mullet

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Mullidae

Scientific name
  
Mullus surmuletus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Mullus barbatus, Goatfish, Bogue, Common pandora, Sargo

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The striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea. They can be found in water as shallow as 5 metres (16 ft) or as deep as 409 metres (1,342 ft) depending upon the portion of their range that they are in. This species can reach a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) SL though most are only around 25 centimetres (9.8 in). The greatest recorded weight for this species is 1 kilogram (2.2 lb). This is a commercially important species and is also sought after as a game fish.

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Mullus barbatus and it are commonly called "red mullets" and often are not distinguished, though they can be told apart by the striped first dorsal fin of M. surmuletus.

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Despite its English name, the striped red mullet, of the goatfish family Mullidae, is only very distantly related to the grey mullet and other species called "mullet", classified in a different family of the order Perciformes.

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References

Striped red mullet Wikipedia


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