grey mullet

Mugil cephalus

One Hundred Centimeters Mugilid Fish of the Caribbean Sea

Gray
Cross-climate
Subtropical
Temperate
Tropical
Coastal
Globally widespread
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
East Asia
North America
Oceania
South America
South Asia
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

grey mullet is a migratory fish from Cosmopolitan in coastal waters of the tropical, subtropical. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 100 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Mullets and Glassfishes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Mugil
Maximum length: 100 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Cosmopolitan in coastal waters of the tropical, subtropical and temperate zones of all seas. Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Chile (Ref. 2850 ). Western Pacific: Japan to Australia (Ref. 9812 ). Western Indian Ocean: from India to South Africa (Ref. 4393 ). 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 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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