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Leaping Mullet

Chelon saliens

Also known as: Jumping Mullet, Leaping Grey Mullet, Sharpnose Mullet, Small Mullet

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2024
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Adult
@Dinoman1995 · Lisbon, Portugal · April 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found in schools, over estuaries, lagoons, and coastal reefs.

Mullets are inshore, schooling fish, sometimes entering freshwater areas. Found close to the surface or over the sand feeding.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Found in schools, over estuaries, lagoons, and coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderMugiliformes
    5. familyMugilidae
    6. genusChelon
    7. speciesChelon saliens (Risso, 1810)

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