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striped mullet [2 records]

Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

"striped mullet": A gray mullet ("Mugil cephalus") of the European and American coasts and the Pacific Ocean.

OBS

"common grey mullet": (Atlantic/Freshwater/Pacific - Europe/N. America). Also called "striped mullet" (N. America), known as "black mullet" in Florida.

OBS

striped mullet: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

mulet cabot : nom français commercial normalisé par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Key term(s)
  • carida
  • sautereau
  • muge commun
  • mulet commun
  • mulet céphale

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Mullus barbatus (blunt snouted mullet) is a species of bony fishes in the family Mullidae.

OBS

red mullet: common name aso used to refer to other species Mullus surmuletus.

OBS

mullet: common name aso used to refer to other species of the family Mullidae. Not to be confused with the mullets of the family Mugilidae.

Key term(s)
  • bluntsnouted mullet
  • striped goat fish

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

surmulet : nom vernaculaire employé également pour désigner l'espèce Mullus sumuletus.

Spanish

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