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Striped Red Mullet

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The striped red mullet, also called the surmullet, is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and the Black Sea. It lives in water as shallow as 5 metres or as deep as 409 metres depending on the part of its range, reaches a length of up to 40 centimetres though most individuals are around 25 centimetres, with a recorded maximum weight of 1 kilogram, and is both a commercially important food fish and a sought-after game fish. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Scientific Name
Mullus surmuletus 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Classification
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Sources
1. Striped red mullet (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The striped red mullet, also called the surmullet, is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and the Black Sea.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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2. Wikipedia: Striped red mullet
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