Red mullet
📖 Overview
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 . Marketed mainly fresh .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Red mullet is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Red mullet is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 328 m , usually 100 - 300 m . Subtropical; 61°N - 14°N, 32°W - 42°E south to Senegal, including Azores and Madeira, Cape Verde, and east to Turkey and Georgia.
🌿 Ecology
small benthic crustaceans, worms and mollusks (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🎣 Angling Guide
- medium-heavy 7ft spinning rod
- 30-50 lb braid
- fluorocarbon leader
- grass flats
- oyster bars
- marsh drains
- deeper channel edges
Use barbless hooks, minimise air exposure, and revive fish head-first in current before release.
⚠️ Slot limits protect breeding-size fish. Verify daily bag limits.
🍽️ Edibility & Flavour
"Red mullet is an edible species."
- Clear, bright eyes — cloudy eyes indicate age
- Firm flesh that springs back when pressed
- Fresh ocean smell, never strong or ammonia-like
- Bright red or pink gills, not grey or brown
- Shiny, moist skin with scales tightly attached
- Cloudy or sunken eyes
- Strong fishy or ammonia odour
- Soft, mushy flesh that doesn't spring back
- Discoloured or dry flesh
⚡ Nutrition
Per 100g cooked - Source: USDA FoodData Central
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Protein | 19 g |
| Omega-3 (total) | 783 mg |
🔬 Mercury Safety
Mercury data for Red mullet has not yet been assigned. Please consult FDA/EPA guidance for general seafood safety advice.
🌿 Sustainability
🔬 Full Nutritional Profile
Per 100g - Raw, per 100g - Source: USDA FoodData Central templates (generic fish average)
📊 Population Dynamics
| Year | Region | Index | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Blunt-snouted Mullet · Mullet · Red Mullet · Striped mullet · bluntsnouted mullet · striped goatfish |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | Sorzo |
| 🌍ARG | Salmonet fanguero |
| 🌍BRE | ardilon · meilh ruz |
| 🌍BUL | Барбуня |
| 🏳️Catalan | moll · moll de fang · roger |
| 🌍CES | parmice nachová |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Rød mulle · Rød barberfisk |
| 🇩🇪German | Meerbarbe · Rotbarbe · rote Meerbarbe |
| 🌍ELL | Barbouni · Koutsomoura · Κουτσομούρα |
| 🌍EUS | lohietako barbarin |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | rusotäplämullo |
| 🇫🇷French | Rouget barbet · Rouget de vase · rouget-barbet de vase · surmulet |
| 🌍HEB | מולית אדומה |
| 🇭🇷Croatian | Trlja blatarica |
| 🇭🇺Hungarian | bajuszos vörösmárna |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Barbon · Barbone · Cape tonne · Capirozzuli · Caputedda · Cavasol · Gestenedde · Minghianula · Ronqueirão · Rusciole · Spansk makrill · Treg'g'à pènne · Treggh de scugh · Tregghia caputedda · Tregghia de scogliu · Tregghie · Treglia 'e scoglio · Treglia verace · Treja de scoju · Trigghia · Trigghia birdu · Trigghia di solu · Trigghia e scogghiu · Trigghia russa · Trigli pichi · Triglia · Triglia d'aspro · Triglia de scogliu · Triglia di fango · Triglia di murghio · Trija |
| 🌍MLT | Trilja · Trilja bla faxxi · Trilja hadra · Trilja hamra · Trilja tal-qawwi · Trilja zghira · Trill |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Rode mul · gewone zeebarbeel |
| 🌍NNO | raudmulle |
| 🌍NOB | rødmulle |
| 🇵🇱Polish | barbata |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Salmonete · Salmonete da vasa · Salmonete-de-vasa · salmonete-da-vasa |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Барабуля усатая · Обыкновенная султанка |
| 🌍SLV | Bradač |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Salmonete de fango |
| 🌍SQI | Barbuni |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Rød mulle |
| 🌍TUR | Barbun · Barbunya baliği · barbunya |
| 🌍UKR | Барабуля вусата · Барабуля звичайна · Барабуля чорноморська |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 26 records indexed .
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