Mugil cephalus Flathead grey mullet

Mugil cephalus is commonly referred to as Flathead grey mullet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7934 

AphiaID:

126983 

Scientific:

Mugil cephalus 

German:

Großkopfmeeräsche 

English:

Flathead Grey Mullet 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Mugilidae (Family) > Mugil (Genus) > cephalus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

cosmopolitan species 

Sea depth:

0 - 120 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 39.37" (30cm - 100cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Amphipods, Aquatic plant, Clams, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Detritus, Insects, Invertebrates, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Phytoplankton, Sea squirts, Snails, Sponges, Worms, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Mugil bananensis
• Mugil brevirostris
• Mugil broussonnetii
• Mugil capurrii
• 
  Mugil cephalus
  Großkopfmeeräsche
• 
  Mugil curema
  
• 
  Mugil curvidens
  Meeräsche
• Mugil gaimardianus
• Mugil galapagensis
• Mugil hospes
• Mugil incilis
• 
  Mugil liza
  Meeräsche
• Mugil margaritae
• Mugil rubrioculus
• Mugil setosus
• Mugil trichodon
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-01-24 18:30:49 

Last edit:

2015-01-24 18:30:49 

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