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Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
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| Name: | Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus) | |
| Family: | Mugilidae (Mullets) | |
| Order: | Perciformes (perch-likes) | |
| Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | |
| Alternative Name: | Flathead mullet | |
| Max size: | 120 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7399); max. published weight: 8,000 g (Ref. 5258); max. reported age: 16 years | |
| Environment: | Benthopelagic; catadromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 120 m | |
| Climate: | Subtropical; 8 - 24°C; 42°N - 42°S | |
| Importance: | Fisheries: highly commercial; Aquaculture: commercial; Gamefish: yes; Aquarium: commercial; Bait: occasionally | |
| Resilience: | Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.09-0.15; tm=2-3; tmax=16; Fec=1.6 million) | |
| Distribution: | Cosmopolitan in coastal waters of the tropical and subtropical zones of all seas. Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Chile (Ref. 2850). Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil (Ref. 7251); Cape Cod to southern Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26938); absent in the Bahamas and most of West Indies and Caribbean (Ref. 7251, 9761). Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to South Africa, including the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea (Ref. 7399). Reported in Sea of Okhotsk (Ref. 50550). | |
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8-9. Color olive-green dorsally, sides silvery shading to white ventrally. Lips thin. Pectoral fins short (not reaching the first dorsal fin). | |
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