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white mullet (Mugil curema)
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white mullet (Mugil curema) specimen
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Mugilidae

white mullet

Mugil curema

Ninety One Centimeters Mugilid Fish of Gulf of California

  • White
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

white mullet is known from Western Atlantic as a fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.

Family
Mugilidae
Genus
Mugil
Maximum length
91 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, but uncommon north of Cape Cod (Harrison, pers. Comm.) to Argentina (Ref. 74796 ). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal River outlet (Ref. 57400 ) southwards up to Namibia (Ref. 81659 ). Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Chile (Ref. 9321 , 81659 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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