Mullus

Mullus
	Striped barbel ( Mullus surmuletus )
Systematics
	Spinefish (Acanthopterygii)
	Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
Order :	Pipefish (Syngnathiformes)
Subordination :	Mulloid egg
Family :	Red mullet (Mullidae)
Genre :	Mullus
Scientific name
	Mullus
	Linnaeus , 1758

Mullus is one of six genera in the red mullet family. It includes four types. Their habitat extends from the southwest over the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean to the Black Sea .

features

The muzzle is short and blunt in Mullus species, so that the head has the steepest profile of all species of red mullet. The upper jaw is toothless in adults, the ploughshare is widened to a plate grooved in the middle and has blunt, rounded teeth. They have no thorn on the edge of the gill cover or stripes on the second dorsal or caudal fin.

nutrition

Mullus species hunt small prey, which they churn out of sandy or muddy ground.

species

Mullus argentinae Hubbs & Marini, 1933 .
Mullus auratus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 .
Red mullet ( Mullus barbatus ) Linnaeus , 1758 .
Striped barbel ( Mullus surmuletus ) Linnaeus, 1758 .

These species are known as mullets in English-speaking countries and are not classified as endangered.

literature

Hans A. Baensch / Robert A. Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 7 Perciformes (perch-like). Mergus-Verlag, Melle 1998, ISBN 3-88244-107-0

Web links

Commons : Mullus - collection of images, videos and audio files

Mullus on Fishbase.org , in the description of the Mullidae family

Individual evidence

^ Linnaeus, C., 1758: Systema Naturae , Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
^ Johnson, GD & Gill, AC: Encyclopedia of Fishes . Academic Press, San Diego 1998, ISBN 0-12-547665-5
^ Mullus at the Marine species identification portal
^ ^A ^b William A. Gosline: Structure, Function, and Ecology in the Goatfishes (Family Mullidae) . In: Pacific Science . tape 38 , no. 4 , 1984, pp. 312–323 (English, full text [PDF]).
^ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

[1] Linnaeus, C., 1758: Systema Naturae , Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.

[2] Johnson, GD & Gill, AC: Encyclopedia of Fishes . Academic Press, San Diego 1998, ISBN 0-12-547665-5

[3] Mullus at the Marine species identification portal

[Gosline-4] A ^b William A. Gosline: Structure, Function, and Ecology in the Goatfishes (Family Mullidae) . In: Pacific Science . tape 38 , no. 4 , 1984, pp. 312–323 (English, full text [PDF]).

[5] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species