Mullus surmuletus

Mullus surmuletus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Goatfishes
Species: M. surmuletus
Binomial name
Mullus surmuletus
Linnaeus, 1758

Mullus surmuletus, the striped red mullet, is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea.

It and Mullus barbatus are commonly called "red mullets" and often not distinguished, though they can be told apart by M. surmuletus's striped first dorsal fin. See the red mullet article for more information about cuisine.

Despite its English name, the striped red mullet, of the goatfish family Mullidae, is only very distantly related to the grey mullet and many other species called "mullet", of the mullet family Mugilidae, which belongs to a completely different order of ray-finned fishes.

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