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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