Flathead grey mullet
Mugil cephalus
- Usual depth0–14 m
- Water temperature11–28 °C
- Best monthsAugust, September, and October
- How commonCommon
About this species
The striped mullet is an important food fish species in the mullet family Mugilidae. It is found in coastal temperate, subtropical, and tropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically 30 to 75 centimetres. It is known with numerous English names, including the flathead mullet, flathead grey mullet, striped mullet, black mullet, bully mullet, common mullet, grey mullet, sea mullet, and mullet.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 508 records
- February: 527 records
- March: 492 records
- April: 1,027 records
- May: 1,186 records
- June: 986 records
- July: 1,895 records
- August: 5,616 records
- September: 6,827 records
- October: 4,533 records
- November: 1,738 records
- December: 751 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–14 m · Deepest record: 287 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 11–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Flathead grey mullet, Flathead mullet, Grey mullet, Striped mullet, Black Mullet, Black True Mullet, Bright Mullet, Bully, Bully Mullet, Callifaver Mullet, Common Grey Mullet, Common Mullet, flathead grey mullet, Flathead Greymullet, Flathead Grey Mullet, Flathead Grey Mullet, Gray Mullet, Black Mullet, flathead mullet, Flathead Mullet, Gray Mullet, grey mullet, Grey Mullet, Haarder, Hardgut Mullet, Hardgut River Mullet, Longaram Mullet, Mangrove Mullet, Mullet, Poddies, Poddy Mullet, River Mullet, Sand Mullet, Sea Mullet, striped mullet
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Gemeine Meeräsche, Gestreifte meeräsche, Gewöhnliche Meeräsche, Gorßkopf, Grossköpfige Meeräsche, großkopf Meeräsche, Großkopfmeeräsche, Harder, Meeräsche
- Spanish
- Albur, Bullûa, Cabeçut, Cabezudo, Cachamba, Capitán, Capiton, Cap pla, Céfalo, Galupe, Iliça de cap gros, Iliça sabada, Ilissa lobarrera, Lisa, Lisa cabezuda, Lisa común, Lisa pardete, lisa rayada, Lizarra, Machuto, Mugil, Mugil común, Mujol, Mujól, mújol, Mule, Muxo, pardete, Pardete, Pordete
- French
- Cabot, Carida, Caridou, Cremole, Meuil, meuille, muge, Muge à groose tête, Muge cabot, muge cephale, Muge céphale, Muge, Mulet cabot, Muge, Mulet, Mulet cabot, Mugo fangous, Mujou, Mulet, mulet à grosse tête, Mulet à grosse tête, Mulet à grosse tête, Muge, Mulet cabot, mulet cabot, Mulet cabot, Mulet-cabot, petit mulet gris, Poisson queue bleue
- Japanese
- Bora
Other scientific names: Arnion cephalus, Ello cephalus, Mugil albula, Mugil ashanteensis, Mugil cephalas, Mugil cephalotus, Mugil dobula, Mugil gelatinosus, Mugil grandis, Mugil hypselosoma, Mugil japonicus, Mugil lineatus, Mugil mexicanus, Mugil muelleri, Mugil mulleri, Mugil mülleri, Mugil our, Mugil peruanus, Mugil provensalis, Mugil rammelsbergii, Mugil tang, Mugil vulpinus, Myxus barnardi, Myxus caecutiens, Myxus pacificus, Myxus superficialis
Similar species
Diamond-scaled MulletEllochelon vaigiensis
- blue-spot mullet
Crenimugil seheli
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 128,818 open-data records from 1758 to 2024.
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