Fish of the Chelon genus of the Mugilidae family of the Mugiliformes (Mullets) order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Thicklip grey mullet. Photo by © Gilbert Angermann. tier-fotos.eu)
Thicklip grey mullet (Chelon labrosus) was first described in 1827 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
The maximum recorded length is 75 cm, specimens 32 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 4.5 kilograms. This schooling coastal fish often enters brackish lagoons, likes fresh water. It feeds on algae and small invertebrates.
(Thicklip grey mullet. Photo © kentandessex-ifca.gov.uk)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of thicklip grey mullet (Chelon labrosus) in other languages are as follows:
Qefulli i dimrit (Albanian), Diklippige harder (Dutch), Χειλονάρι (Hiljonari) (Greek), Kifon belut hassafa (Hebrew), Albur (Spanish), Cefalo bosega (Italian), Dicklippige Meeräsche (German), Tępogłów grubowargi (Polish), Tainha-liça (Portuguese), Толстогубая кефаль (Tolstogubaja kefalj) (Russian), Cipol putnik, Cipal putnik (Serbian, Croatian), Debelousti cipelj (Slovenian), Mavri balığı (Turkish), Mulet lippu (French).