| 翻訳と辞書 |
Flathead grey mullet
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 . 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.〔〔(Common names of ''Mugil cephalus'' ) FishBase (2014)〕
The flathead grey mullet is a mainly diurnal coastal species that often enters estuaries and rivers. It usually schools over sand or mud bottoms, feeding on zooplankton. The adult fish normally feed on algae in fresh water. The species is euryhaline, meaning that the fish can acclimate to different levels of salinity.〔Minckley, W.L. 1973. Fishes of Arizona. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix. pp. 257-258.〕
==Description==
The back of the fish is olive-green, sides are silvery and shade to white towards the belly.〔 The fish may have six to seven distinctive lateral horizontal stripes. Lips are thin.〔 The mullet has no lateral line. A common length is about , and its maximum length is .〔 It can reach a maximum weight of .〔
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Flathead grey mullet」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|