Species group · Bony fish
Mullets
WAnimals has 2 species of mullet, all in the family Mugilidae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 79 countries
- 49 parks
- Weight
- 2.5 kg – 12 kg
- Length
- 75 cm – 1.2 m
- Lifespan
- 7 – 25 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of mullets on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 79 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Al Hoceima2 species
- Albufera de Valencia2 species
- Alonissos y Esporadas del Norte2 species
- Archipielago de Cabrera2 species
- Arcipelago Toscano2 species
- Arrábida2 species
- Asinara2 species
- Beydağları2 species
- Cabo de Gata-Níjar2 species
- Calanques2 species
- Cinque Terre2 species
- Circeo2 species
- Amorgos (pecio Le Grand Bleu)diving
- Bodrum (pecio del avión)diving
- Cabo de Creusdiving
- Cabo de Gata-Níjardiving
- Cabo de Palosdiving
- Cabrera (Cova Blava)diving
Did you know…
It eats detritus, microalgae and bottom-living organisms; the young feed on zooplankton.
From Haarder
It lives in warm and temperate coastal waters worldwide, often entering estuaries and rivers.
From Haarder
A female can release as many as 2.6 million eggs in open water.
From Haarder
It feeds by scraping mud and sediment with its very thick upper lip, taking in microscopic algae and detritus.
From Thick-lipped Mullet
It is catadromous: it lives in coastal and brackish waters and drops down to the sea to spawn.
From Thick-lipped Mullet