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Mullus barbatus barbatus Red mullet

Mullus barbatus barbatusis commonly referred to as Red mullet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
4955 
AphiaID:
293632 
Scientific:
Mullus barbatus barbatus 
German:
Rotbarbe oder Rote Meerbarbe 
English:
Red Mullet 
Category:
Goatfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Mullidae (Family) > Mullus (Genus) > barbatus barbatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Linnaeus, 1758 
Occurrence:
Russland, West Sahara, Straße von Gibralta, the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Scandinavia, Senegal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 
Size:
7.87" - 13.07" (20cm - 33.2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Algae, Amphipods, Aquatic plant, Clams, Cnidaria, Copepods, Crabs, Detritus, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Isopods, Krill, Living Food, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Phytoplankton, Predatory, Schrimps, Sea squirts, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-01-07 12:11:17 

Info

Linnaeus, 1758

Special thanks for the first foto to David Luquet, France.

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: British Isles (occasionally Scandinavia) to Dakar, Senegal, Canary Islands, Mediterranean and Black Sea. Also known from the Azores.

Biology:
Found on gravel, sand and mud bottoms of the continental shelf. Depth range from 10-300 m and up to depth of 328 in the eastern Ionian Sea. Feeds on small benthic crustaceans, worms and mollusks.

Scientific paper

  1. Oocytes development, maturity classification, maturity size and spawning season of the red mullet ( Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758), Kokokiris, L.; Stamoulis, A.; Monokrousos, N.; Doulgeraki, S. , 2014

External links

  1. Effects of anthropogenic and environmental stressors on the current status of red mullet (Mullus barbatus L., 1758) populations inhabiting the Bulgarian Black Sea waters (en). Abgerufen am 06.12.2023.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus der Adria
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