Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Mullidae
Genus:
Mullus
Species:
M. Surmuletus
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Red Mullet
Rouget Tropical
Meerbarbe
Salmonete
Rode Zeebarbeel
Description
Length: average length 25 cm.
Habitat: rocky/sandy and muddy bottoms.
The striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic
Ocean, and the Black Sea. They can be found in water as shallow as 5 metres (16 ft) or as deep as 409 metres (1,342 ft) depending
upon the portion of their range that they are in. This species can reach a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) SL though most are only
around 25 centimetres (9.8 in). The greatest recorded weight for this species is 1 kilogram (2.2 lb). This is a commercially important
species and is also sought after as a game fish.
Mullus barbatus and it are commonly called "red mullets" and often are not distinguished, though they can be told apart by the striped
first dorsal fin of M. surmuletus.
Despite its English name, the striped red mullet, of the goatfish family Mullidae, is only very distantly related to the grey mullet and
other species called "mullet", classified in a different family of the order Perciformes.
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Mullidae
Genus:
Mulloidichthys
Species:
M. Martinicus
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Yellow Goatfish
Rouget Tropical
Meerbarbe
Salmonete
Geelvin Zeebarbeel
Description
Length: average length 25 cm.
Habitat: sandy/rochy and muddy bottoms
The yellow goatfish (Mulloidichthys martinicus), also known as yellowsaddle, is a species of goatfish native to the Atlantic Ocean
around the coasts of Africa and the Americas. This species can reach a length of 39.4 centimetres (15.5 in) TL, but most reach lengths
only around 28 centimetres (11 in). They are of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, even though they have been reported
to carry the ciguatera toxin.
Yellow goatfish are benthic feeders, using a pair of long chemosensory barbels ("whiskers") protruding from their chins to rifle
through the sediments in search of a meal. They usually feed on smaller fish, hunting in a school during the day, and alone at night.
The yellow goatfish can be found on reefs in the tropical waters in the Atlantic around the United States, in the Gulf of Mexico, the
Caribbean Sea, and around Cape Verde.
Animalia
Harry van Goor 2016
source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Categories: Mullet
