Red Mullet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Mullidae |
Genus: | Mullus |
Species: | M. barbatus |
Binomial name | |
Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The red mullet (Mullus barbatus) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, Marmara Sea, the Black Sea and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean from Scandinavia to Senegal.
FishBase currently recognizes two subspecies though the validity of M. b. ponticus is uncertain: