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Thicklip Grey Mullet

Chelon labrosus

Also known as: Grey Mullet, Lesser Grey Mullet, Thicklip Mullet, Thick-lipped Mullet, Thick-lipped Grey Mullet

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2024
Adult
@JarJar · Afrate, Crete, Greece · April 20141 / 5
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Overview

Found in schools in brackish and freshwaters of lagoons and inshore reefs.
Juveniles found in estuaries and lagoons feeding on zooplankton.

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, Black Sea
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Found in schools in brackish and freshwaters of lagoons and inshore reefs.

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Adult photos 5

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderMugiliformes
    5. familyMugilidae
    6. genusChelon
    7. speciesChelon labrosus (Risso, 1827)

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    More in the family

    Mullets (Mugilidae)