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Scientific Name	**Mugil cephalus** Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name	Flathead Grey Mullet
Type Locality	European sea, Europe.
Etymology	Mugil: Latin, mugil, -ilis = grey mullet.
Species Information
Size	1000mm or 39.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Cosmopolitan in coastal waters of the tropical, subtropical and temperate zones of all seas. Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Chile. Western Pacific: Japan to Australia. Western Indian Ocean: from India to South Africa. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil; Cape Cod to southern Gulf of Mexico; absent in the Bahamas and most of West Indies and Caribbean. Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to South Africa, including the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. Reported in Sea of Okhotsk.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Other Parameters	Lives in freshwater, brackish and marine conditions. Found in coastal waters, entering estuaries and rivers.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Reproduction takes place at sea, where vast numbers of eggs are scattered by the female.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 316.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2015 Jun 09 11:49 (species record created: 2014 Nov 11 07:35)