Fish of the Mullus genus of the Mullidae (goatfishes) family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Red mullet. Photo by © Stefano Guerrieri. naturamediterraneo.com)
Red mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depth of 10-328 meters, usually – 100-300 meters. It prefers to swim close to the pebble, sandy and oozy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 33.2 cm, specimens up to 20 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 680 grams. It feeds on small bottom crustaceans, worms, mollusks and small fish.
(Red mullet. Photo by © Stefano Guerrieri. naturamediterraneo.com)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of red mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus) in other languages as follows:
Barbuni (Albanian), Κουτσομούρα (Kutsomura) (Greek), Mulit adduma (Hebrew), Salmonete de fango (Spanish), Triglia di fango (Italian), Rote Meerbarbe (German), Barbata (Polish), Salmonete da vasa (Portuguese), Barbun (Romanian), Европейская барабуля (Evropejskaja barabulja) (Russian), Barbun blatar, Trlja blatarica (Serbian, Croatian), Bradač (Slovenian), Barbunya (Turkish), Rouget de vase (French), Parmice nachová (Czech).