South African mullet
Smoked mullet or harder.
| South African mullet | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Liza |
| Species: | L. richardsonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846) | |
Hanging bokkoms - whole, salted and dried mullet. Paternoster, Western Cape.
The South African mullet (Liza richardsonii), also called a harder mullet or simply harder, is a species of mullet. It is found in South African coastal waters from Walvis Bay (Namibia) to KwaZulu-Natal, and grows to a maximum length of 40.5 cm.[1]
It is also found inland in the waters of the Olifants River (Western Cape).[2]
Local delicacy in South Africa
Mullet fish caught in the sea and estuaries of the West Coast region are processed by salting and air-drying into bokkoms by small local factories around Velddrif and Laaiplek.
See also
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Liza richardsonii" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- ↑ The Olifants River harder fishery (Lisa richardsoni)
- ↑ Harder common name