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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

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FLATHEAD MULLET (Mugil cephalus): SPECIES ACCOUNT

Mullets live all over the world.

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

Mullets are not threatened or endangered.

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Mullets: Mugiliformes - Physical Characteristics

Most mullets reach about 8 inches (20 centimeters) in total length, but some may be as long as 31 to 39 inches (80 to 100 centimeters). The head is broad and flat on top. In most species, the teeth are very small or may even be absent. In many species, the teeth are on the lips. The eyes of mullets may be partially covered by fat. There is no lateral (LAT-uhr-uhl) line, a series of pores and tiny …

Mullets: Mugiliformes - Habitat

Mullets: Mugiliformes - Behavior And Reproduction

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

Physical characteristics: Flathead mullets commonly reach a length of 14 inches (35 centimeters) from the tip of the snout to the end of the body but may reach 47 inches (120 centimeters) from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail. Fat covers a large portion of the eyes. Flathead mullets have several rows of teeth on the edges of the lips. The body is olive green on the back and silvery on t…

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