flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) Author Lindsay G. Thompson
Description
English: Sea mullet. Mugil grandis
Subject: Striped mullet
Tag: Fish
Date 1893
Source/Photographer
English: Thompson, Lindsay G. (1893) History of the Fisheries of New South Wales : with a Sketch of the Laws by Which They Have Been Regulated, Sydney, NSW, Australia: Charles Potter, Government Printer
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_36644_Sea_mullet_Mugil_grandis.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.