flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) Author H. L. Todd
English: The Striped Mullet. Mugil albula, L.
Mugil albula, L.
Subject: Striped mullet
Tag: Fish
Date 1884
Source/Photographer
English: Goode, George Brown (1884) Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States: Section I, Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals, Plates, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_51050_Striped_Mullet.jpeg
The flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) is an important food fish species in the mullet family Mugilidae. It is found in coastal tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically 30 to 75 centimetres. It is known with numerous English names, including the flathead mullet, striped mullet (US, American Fisheries Society name), black mullet, bully mullet, common mullet, grey mullet, sea mullet and mullet, among others.