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Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles
Family Mugilidae
Description: color olive green with blue tints on back, shading to silvery sides, white below; anal and pelvic fins yellowish; dark blotch at base of pectoral fin; inverted V-shaped mouth; insertion of second dorsal over that of the anal fin
Similar fish: striped mullet, M. cephalus; white mullet, M. curema
Where found: inshore, occurring along beaches in the fall
Size: small mullet, less than 1 pound
Remarks: spawns in nearshore or possibly inshore waters during spring and summer; juveniles occur inshore; feeds on algae, small crustaceans, and detritus
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