Description
streamlined body up to 60 cm max two dorsal fins far apart corps couvert de grosses écailles forked tail slightly inferior mouth suited for bottom-feeding yeux situés un peu haut sur la tête a pair of chin whiskers called barbels, which contain chemosensory organs, used to actively probe, excavate, and detect hidden invertebrates and small fish ces lgs barbillons se rangent dans des sillons sous le corps pendant la nage occur in small groups or aggregations for safety and move quickly when disturbed capable of changing color rapidly and often assume a mottled or barred pattern at night (leur livrée nocturne est plus rouge que le jour ce qui leur permet de passer plus inaperçus) pelagic spawners nonguarders
WCAtlantiq	WCPacifiq
Identification key to Mullidae

Etymologies		Source
Parupeneus	Latin, parum, parvum = small + Peneus, the name of a river	fishbase
Mullidae	Latin, mullus = soft (Pline le jeune)	fishbase
Mullidae	latin mulleus = rouge	doris
Mulloidichthys	Latin, mullus = soft + Greek, ichthys = fish	fishbase



Mulloidichthys

Mulloidichthys ayliffe 2013 Mirbat (Oman) ©Field, Richard (via fishbase)	Mulloidichthys flavolineatus 2009 Wadi Gimal (Egypt) by Gianemilio Rusconi (via fishbase)

Mulloidichthys mimicus Marquesas Is ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)		Mulloidichthys vanicolensis Hawaï ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)
Mulloidichthys sp.



Mullus barbatus
fishbase / doris / mer-littoral / souslesmers / en.wiki / cotebleue	Synonymes	Linnaeus, 1758 / LC / ITIS 169419

2010 Paros (Gr) by Robert Pillon (via fishbase)	2010 AntiParos (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)	2010 Paros (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)


2010 Paros (Gr) by Robert Pillon (via fishbase)	2011 Crete (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)	2011 Greece by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)


Mullus barbatus ponticus 2006 by Florin DUMITRESCU (via Wikimedia Commons)	2011 Banyuls (Fr66) by Parent Géry (via Wikimedia Commons)	2010 AntiParos (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)
E-Atlantiq, Méditerranée & Black Sea	Rouget de vase	subtropical
10-328m / 20 cm (jsq 33 cm)	dioecism, pelagic spawner, fécondation externe, nonguarder	grégaire
Mullus barbatus



Mullus surmuletus
fishbase / doris / fr.wiki / mer-littoral / cotebleue / souslesmers / monaconature / boowiki.	Synonymes	Linnaeus, 1758 / LC / ITIS 169418

2010 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist)	avec Symphodus tinca femelle, 2015 Fabregas (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2015 Fabregas (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2010 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Porquerolles (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Porquerolles (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2012 Porquerolles (Fr83) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	avec Symphodus tinca mâle, 2015 Fabregas (Fr83) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Porquerolles (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist)


	avec serranus cabrilla, 2010 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2010 Colera (Sp) ©JMP (via GooglePhotos)


2011 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Porquerolles (Fr83) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2010 Corse by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)	2007 by Albert Kok (via Wikimedia Commons)	2009 Cartagena (Sp) by Nanosanchez (via Wikimedia Commons)


2010 AntiParos (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)	2010 AntiParos (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)	2010 Paros (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)


2011 Sardaigne (It) by Roberto Pillon (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2006 Belgium ©Hans Hillewaert (via Wikimedia Commons)	2010 Antiparos (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via Encyclopedia of Life)
Atlantiq, Méditerranée & Black Sea	Rouget de roche	subtropical
5-60m (jsq 409m E-Ionian Sea) / 25cm (jsq 40cm) / 1kg / 8-10ans	dioecism, pelagic spawner, May to July, nonguarder	solitaire ou ptts grps, benthopelagiq, diurne
Mullus surmuletus



Parupeneus

Parupeneus barberinus 2006 Sulawesi by Jens Petersen (via Wikimedia Commons)	Parupeneus crassilabris Great Barrier (Au) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Parupeneus cyclostomus Red Sea ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)


Parupeneus Forsskåli 1995 Eilat ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Parupeneus heptacanthus 2013 Bitung (Sulawesi) by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)	Parupeneus indicus 1979 Natal (S.Africa) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)


Parupeneus macronemus 2015 Bali by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)		Parupeneus margaritatus 2001 Oman ©Field, Richard (via fishbase)


Parupeneus multifasciatus Marshall Is ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Parupeneus pleurostigma Seychelles ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Parupeneus porphyreus Hawaii ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)


Parupeneus rubescens Red Sea ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Parupeneus spilurus Komodo ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Parupeneus trifasciatus Oman ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)


Pseudupeneus maculatus ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Upeneus tragula 2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist)
(Paru)peneus sp.

MàJ 16/03/2023