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Common names: Red mullet, Trilja, Trilja bla faxxi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4845.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mt.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lanfranco, G.G., 1996
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Common names from other countries

Rouget de vase, Salmonete de fango, Султанка обыкновенная (=барабулька), ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Mulliformes (Goatfishes) > Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Mullus: Latin, mullus = soft (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 and Mullus barbatus ponticus Essipov, 1927 (restricted to Black and Azov Seas) are constantly recognized as subspecies rank, including in Eschmeyer's CofF (ver. Nov. 2020). Related information is found under the "Stocks" link in the species summary page / More info.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθικό(ς); εύρος βάθους 10 - 328 m (Ref. 56504), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 35388). Subtropical; 58°N - 14°N, 32°W - 42°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Norway, British Isles (occasionally Scandinavia) to Dakar, Senegal, Canary Islands, Mediterranean, including Azores and Madeira.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: L_m 11.5, range 10 - ? cm
Max length : 38.2 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 88921); common length : 20.0 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 4845); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 680.00 g (Ref. 88921)

Found on gravel, sand and mud bottoms of the continental shelf. Depth range from 10-300 m (Ref. 07313) and up to depth of 328 in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Feeds on small benthic crustaceans, worms and mollusks (Ref. 4845). Marketed mainly fresh (Ref. 9987).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Αναπαραγωγή | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Προνύμφες

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής : Randall, John E. | Συνεργάτες

Ben-Tuvia, A., 1990. Mullidae. p. 827-829. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 7313)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 July 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά); αλιεία αναψυχής: ναί

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.1 - 15.9, mean 14.2 (based on 119 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00795 - 0.00954), b=3.09 (3.06 - 3.12), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.

Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 120179): Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.11-0.5; tmax=11).

Prior r = 0.68, 95% CL = 0.45 - 1.02, Based on 27 full stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758