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Mullus

Mullus
Mullus barbatus - Gervais.jpg
Mullus barbatus
Red mullet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Mullus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Mullus barbatus
Linnaeus, 1758

Mullus is a subtropical marine genus of perciform fish of the family Mullidae (goatfish) and includes the red mullets, occurring mainly in the southwest Atlantic near the South American coast and in the Eastern Atlantic including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. These fish are bottom dwelling over sands and muds.

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

*) NE - not evaluated
T) Type species


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