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Mullets: Mugiliformes - Physical Characteristics, Habitat, Behavior And Reproduction, Flathead Mullet (mugil Cephalus): Species Account - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, DIET, MULLETS AND PEOPLE, CONSERVATION STATUS

FLATHEAD MULLET (Mugil cephalus): SPECIES ACCOUNT

GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

Mullets live all over the world.

DIET

Young mullets eat plankton, which are microscopic plants and animals drifting in water. Larger mullets eat microscopic plants and animals from submerged surfaces and eat small invertebrates, or animals without backbones.

MULLETS AND PEOPLE

Mullets are important food fishes. They are both caught and farmed.

CONSERVATION STATUS

Mullets are not threatened or endangered.

Mullets: Mugiliformes - Physical Characteristics

Mullets: Mugiliformes - Habitat

Mullets: Mugiliformes - Behavior And Reproduction

Mullets: Mugiliformes - Flathead Mullet (mugil Cephalus): Species Account

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