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Mugil curema White mullet. Silver Mullet

Mugil curemais commonly referred to as White mullet. Silver Mullet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
14753 
AphiaID:
159416 
Scientific:
Mugil curema 
English:
White Mullet. Silver Mullet 
Category:
Mullets 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Mugiliformes (Order) > Mugilidae (Family) > Mugil (Genus) > curema (Species) 
Initial determination:
Valenciennes, 1836 
Occurrence:
Gambia, Suriname, Benin, El Salvador, Algeria, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Canada , Chile, Columbia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Lybia, Martinique, Montserrat, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South America (Western Atlantic Ocean), The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands Antilles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West Africa, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 300 Meter 
Habitats:
Brackish water, Estuaries (river mouths), Freshwater, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 31.89" (81 cm) 
Weight:
680 g 
Temperature:
66.2 °F - 87.44 °F (19°C - 30.8°C) 
Food:
Algae, Aquatic plant, Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Clams, Crustacean larvae , Crustaceans, Detritus, Diatoms, Echinoderm larvae, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, omnivore, Phytoplankton, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-05-01 14:04:13 

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Mugil curema is dependent on estuaries along sandy coasts and also occurs in littoral pools, muddy bottoms, and brackish lagoons, sometimes invading rivers and living above coral reefs.
Juveniles are usually found in bays and estuaries with underwater vegetation.
Average life expectancy is about 19 years.

Males and females reach sexual maturity between 18 - 20.8 cm TL, males reach sexual maturity at about two years of age, females at three years of age.
Spawning occurs offshore along the outer continental shelf, eggs and sperm are released simultaneously.

Juveniles are omnivorous and feed primarily on plankton. Juvenile and adult Mugil curema feed primarily on sediment particles, detritus, diatoms, and algae.
Mugilidae species are generally hardy and capable of rapid growth.

Synonyms:
Liza curema (Valenciennes, 1836)
Mugil metzelaari Chabanaud, 1926
Mugil petrosus Valenciennes, 1836
Myxus harengus Günther, 1861

Scientific paper

  1. A New Species of Cucullanus (Nematoda: Cucullaninae, Cucullanidae) from Mugil curema (Mugilidae) in Senegal (West Africa), Ndew, Dione Ephigénie; Diouf, Malick; Bâ, Cheikh Tidiane; Morand, Serge , 2014
  2. Aspects of the reproduction of Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 in two coastal systems in southeastern Brazil, Fernandez, W. S.; Dias, J. F. , 2013
  3. Heat-shock protein (Hsp70) and cytochrome P-450 (CYP1A) in the white mullet Mugil curema (Pisces:Mugilidae) as biomarkers to assess environmental quality in coastal lagoons, Ríos-Sicairos, Julián; Betancourt-Lozano, Miguel; Leal-Tarín, Beatriz; Hernández-Cornejo, Rubí; Aguilar-Zárate, Gabriela; García-De-La-Parra, Luz María; Gutiérrez, Jesús N.; Márquez-Rocha, Facundo; García-Gasca, Alejandra , 2010
  4. Reproductive biology of white mullet, Mugil curema (Valenciennes) in the Southern Caribbean, Farahnaz N. Solomon; Indar W. Ramnarine, 2007
  5. Mugil curema in Argentinean waters: Combined morphological and molecular approach, Sandra Heras; Mariano González Castro; María Inés Roldán, 2006
  6. Copepods and Larvae of Nematodes Parasiting the White MulletMugil Curema(Valenciennes, 1836): Indicators of Anthropogenic Impacts in Tropical Coastal Lagoons?, E. J. Fajer-Ávila; A. García-Vásquez; H. Plascencia-González; J. Ríos-Sicairos; L. M. García-De La Parra; M. Betancourt-Lozano, 2006
  7. Comparative Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Two Congeneric Species,Mugil CuremaandM. Liza(Pisces, Mugiliformes), Characterized by Significant Karyotype Diversity, A. R. Rossi; E. Gornung; L. Sola; M. Nirchio, 2005
  8. Responses to temperature and salinity by White Mullet Mugil curema : Possible explanation for the population decrease in Baja California Sur, Muhlia-Almazán, Adriana; Muhlia-Melo, Arturo; Alcaraz, Guillermina , 2003
  9. Physiological responses of juvenile white mullet,Mugil curema, exposed to benzene, Manuel Correa; Henry I. García, 1990
  10. Effect of salinity on the behavior and oxygen consumption of Mugil curema (Pisces, Mugilidae), Edith Fanta-Feofiloff; Daura Regina de Brito Eiras; Ana Teresa Boscardim; Márcia Lacerda-Krambeck, 1986
  11. Karyology of the Mullets Mugil curema and M. cephalus (Perciformes: Mugilidae) from Louisiana, William Hunt LeGrande and John Michael Fitzsimons, 1976
  12. Culture of larvae of the white mullet, Mugil curema Valenciennes, Edward D. Houde; Steven A. Berkeley; John J. Klinovsky; Richard C. Schekter, 1976
  13. Distribution, growth, and predation of juvenile white mullet (Mugil curema) in oceanside waters of Virginia’s eastern shore, C. E. Richards and M. Castagna, 1976
  14. Offshore Occurrence of Larval Silver Mullet, Mugil curema, in the Western Gulf of Mexico, David K. Caldwell and William W. Anderson, 1959
  15. Age, Growth and Scale Characters of the Mullets, Mugil cephalus and Mugil curema, Arthur Paul Jacot, 1920

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 30.04.2022.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 30.04.2022.
  3. Reef Life Survey (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2022.
  4. Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system (multi). Abgerufen am 30.04.2022.
  5. Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system (multi). Abgerufen am 30.04.2022.
  6. Survival of juvenile white mullet. Mugil Curema (Mugilidae) in a coastal lagoon (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2022.
  7. The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2022.
  8. Unravelling the complex habitat use of the white mullet, Mugil curema, in several coastal environments from Neotropical Pacific and Atlantic waters (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2022.
  9. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2022.

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