Mugilidae

Grooved mullet

Chelon dumerili

Mugilid Fish beneath the South African Coast

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The grooved mullet (Chelon dumerili) is a species of ray-finned fish, a grey mullet from the family Mugilidae. It is found in the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Africa, as far north as Mauritania, and into the western Indian Ocean.