name: Striped Mullet

flavor_db_name_variants: striped mullet

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Striped mullet

id: 412

name_scientific: Mugil cephalus

description: The flathead mullet, Mugil cephalus, is a mullet of the genus Mugil in the family Mugilidae, found in coastal tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically 30 to 75 centimetres (to in). This species occurs worldwide, attested by other common names for this fish: Black mullet - Cuba, US Bully mullet - Australia, Vietnam Callifaver mullet - Cuba, Netherlands Antilles, US Common grey mullet - UK Common mullet - Cuba, Netherlands Antilles, US Flathead grey mullet - India, Philippines (where it's known as either aligasid or talilong), UK Flathead mullet - Europe, FAO, UN, Fishbase Grey mullet - Turkey, Australia, Taiwan, Cuba, Fiji, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Spain, Tonga, UK, US, Mediterranean, Egypt Hardgut mullet - Australia Mangrove mullet - Australia Sea mullet - Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, UK Striped mullet - Australia, Cuba, Mexico, UK, US. The Striped Mullet is a mainly diurnal coastal species that often enters estuaries and rivers. The Striped Mullet usually schools over sand or mud bottoms, feeding on zooplankton. The Adult fish normally feed on algae in fresh water. The maximum size the Striped Mullet may reach is approximately 120 cm, with a max weight of about 8,000 g. The species is euryhaline meaning that the fish can acclimate to different levels of salinity; this combined with the acclimation of juveniles to high water temperatures appears to be a selective advantage.

itis_id: 170335

wikipedia_id: Flathead mullet

picture_file_name: 418.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 97222

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:28.000Z

legacy_id: 445

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:40.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 48193

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00412