Striped red mullet

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Template:Short description Template:SpeciesboxThe 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 Script error: No such module "convert". or as deep as Script error: No such module "convert". depending upon the portion of their range that they are in. This species can reach a length of Script error: No such module "convert". SL though most are only around Script error: No such module "convert".. The greatest recorded weight for this species is Script error: No such module "convert".. This is a commercially important species and is also sought after as a game fish.[1]

Etymology

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Showing the striped dorsal fin, Portugal

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 their own separate order and family.[2]

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1796 illustration of Mullus surmuletus
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In Portugal

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