Flathead Grey Mullet

• It eats detritus, microalgae and bottom-living organisms; the young feed on zooplankton.
• It lives in warm and temperate coastal waters worldwide, often entering estuaries and rivers.
• A female can release as many as 2.6 million eggs in open water.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (fish)

Habitat and environment

Warm and temperate coastal waters worldwide, often entering estuaries, rivers and hypersaline environments

Birth weight

Tiny larva after hatching from the egg

Size at birth

Tiny larva at hatching

Sexual maturity

3-4 years

Litter / clutch size

0.8 to 2.6 million eggs per female, released in the open sea

Sources consulted: FishBase · UWI Life Sciences · Animal Diversity Web · Grokipedia · Fisheries Journal