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JUMPING MULLET [1 record]

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Record 1 1989-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
DEF

"mullet": any of the abundant, commercially valuable, schooling fishes of the family Mugilidae (order Perciformes) unrelated to the red mullet, or goatfish [see those records] family. Mullets number fewer than 100 species, found throughout tropical and temperate regions.

OBS

"mullets": Various species in the Atlantic for which the recommended trade name in U.K. is "grey mullet".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
DEF

"muge" : Poisson téléostéen limivore vivant alternativement en mer et dans les eaux saumâtres ou douces, et encore appelé "mulet gris". (Famille des mugilidés).

OBS

"mulet gris" : Nom usuel du muge.

Spanish

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