Mullus
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Mullus known as Goatfishes or Mullets is subtropical marine genus of perciform fish
of the family Mullidae. Occurs mainly in the Southwest Atlantic near the South American coast and in the Eastern Atlantic including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. These fish are bottom dwelling over sands and muds. 4 species are recognized.
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Species
Common name
Environment & range
IUCN status
M. argentinae
Argentine goatfish
Marine; subtropical; demersal
NE*
M. auratus
Red goatfish
Marine; subtropical; demersal
NE
M. barbatus
T
Red mullet
Marine; subtropical; demersal
NE
M. surmuletus
Striped red mullet
Marine; subtropical; demersal
NE
*) NE - Not Evaluated.
T) Type species.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
of the family Mullidae. Occurs mainly in the Southwest Atlantic near the South American coast and in the Eastern Atlantic including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. These fish are bottom dwelling over sands and muds. 4 species are recognized.
Species
{Mullus barbatus
Mullus barbatus is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean from Scandinavia to Senegal, and the Black Sea....
T
Mullus surmuletus
Mullus surmuletus, the striped red mullet, is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea....
*) NE - Not Evaluated.
T) Type species.