Mullets

Mugilidae

Mullets

Classification
Ostéichthyen Mugiliformes Mugilidae Chelon Liza Crenimugil
75 espèces

Classification

Ostéichthyen

Mugiliformes

Mugilidae

Chelon
Liza
Crenimugil

75 espèces

Références web
fishbase specieslist	en.wiki FAO

Description
all tropical and temperate seas 2 widely separate short dorsal fins: spinous (4 spines) and soft dorsal fin pectorales courtes insérées haut sur le corps pelviennes insérées à mi-distance pas de ligne latérale small triangular mouths toothless or woth small teeth long gill rakers schooling, dans les eaux côtières tendency to leap out of the water: there are 2 distinguishable types of leaps: a straight, clean slice out of the water to escape predators and a slower, lower jump while turning to its side that results in a larger, more distinguishable, splash (probably in order to gain oxygen rich air for gas exchange in a small organ above the pharynx) feed on fine algae, diatoms, and detritus qu'ils fouillent dans les sédiments du fond et filtrent grâce à leurs branchiospines dioecism, openwater, nonguarders, oeufs et larves pélagiques have been classed as primitive perciforms with their unusually muscular stomachs and a complex pharynx to help in digestion


Identification keys to Mugilidae

Etymologies		Source
mugiliforme	Latin, mugil, -ilis = grey mullet + forma (look, aspect)	fishbase



Chelon labrosus
fishbase / souslesmers / doris / cotebleue / liboupat2 / snorkeling	Synonymes Thicklip grey mullet / Muge lippu	Risso, 1827 / LC / ITIS 170371

2009 Santoña (Cantabria/Sp) by David Perez (via Wikimedia Commons)	2016 Port-Cros (Fr83) by vranken martin (via fishbase)	2011 Medes (Sp) by Julien Renoult (via Encyclopedia of Life)


2017 Minorca by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)	2017 Vendée (Fr85) by Julien Renoult (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2012 Minorca by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)


aquarium (DK) ©Biopix by JC Schou (via Encyclopedia of Life)	aquarium (DK) ©Biopix by J Mqdsen (via Encyclopedia of Life)	aquarium (DK) ©Biopix by JC Schou (via Encyclopedia of Life)
NE Atlantiq, Méditerranée & Mer noire	Mulet lippu	frais à subtropical
allongé, argenté rayé gris sombre, grandes écailles, grosses lèvres claires; tache jaune à l'opercule; tache gris sombre à l'attache des pectorales positionnées assez hautes; caudale sombre au bout;
32cm (jsq 75cm) / 4.5kg / 25ans	ponte au large	schooling, démersal, catadrome, migrations occasionnelles, frequently entering brackish water; nageur rapide
Chelon labrosus



Crenimugil crenilabis
fishbase / souslesmers / doris / fishesofaustralia / reeflifesurvey	Synonymes Fringelip mullet / Mulet boxeur / Wartylip mullet	Forskål, 1775 / LC / ITIS 170358

2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2013 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Mark Rosenstein (via INaturalist)	1997 Red Sea ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	2012 Maldives ©Rainer Kretzberg (via fishbase)


2009 Réunion ©Philippe Bourjon (via Wikimedia Commons)	2009 ©Graham Edgar (via fishesofaustralia)	202 Maldives by Rainer Kretzberg (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-WCPacifiq & Mer rouge	Mulet à queue bleue	tropical
Silvery in color, greenish olive above; pectoral fins pale yellow with purplish axillary spot, other fins grey; caudale bluish
0-20m / 26-60cm	schools larger before spawning after dark	sur fonds meubles; schooling
Crenimugil crenilabis

MàJ 13/03/2023