Striped Red Mullet

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.