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White Mullet

Mugil curema

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 740, February 708, March 804, April 1,526, May 935, June 454, July 408, August 421, September 501, October 533, November 695, December 673.
United States16,016
Texas8,399
Louisiana463
Alabama231
North Carolina211
Georgia184
Mississippi167
New Jersey96
South Carolina77
Virginia63

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMullets and glassfishes · Mugiliformes
FamilyMullets · Mugilidae
GenusCommon Mullets · Mugil

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise White Mullet with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.