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Sea Mullet

Mugil cephalus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 2,609, February 2,496, March 2,835, April 5,380, May 3,296, June 1,600, July 1,439, August 1,485, September 1,765, October 1,880, November 2,448, December 2,373.
United States43,286
Texas29,608
Louisiana2,532
Alabama1,161
California884
Mississippi507
Georgia391
North Carolina380
Hawaii295
Australia227

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

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