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Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Flathead grey mullet
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Mexico country information

Common names: Lisa, Lisa rayada, Liza cabezona
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Anonymous, 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1997
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Anonymous, 1994
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Laguna de Términos (Ref. 79080) and Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan (Ref. 74908). Marketed fresh (whole, fillet, spat), salt-dried, smoked, or as salt-dried fish roe. Regulations: catch season: 1 Feb.-30 Nov. (Baja California to Jalisco), 1 Jan.- 31 Oct. (Colima to Chaipas), 16 Mar.-14 Nov. and 1-31 Jan. (Gulf of Mexico); closed season: 1 Dec.-31 Jan. (Baja California to Jalisco), 1 Nov.-31 Dec. (Colima to Chaipas), 15 Nov.-31 Dec. and 1 Feb.-15 Mar. (Tamaulipas and Veracruz); minimum size: 30 cm TL; mesh size: 3.5 in. (Pacific coast) and 4 in. (Gulf of Mexico) (Ref. 26550).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Anonymous, 1994
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Common names from other countries

Mulet à grosse tête, Pardete, 鲻, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Mugiliformes (Mullets) > Mugilidae (Mullets)
Etymology: Mugil: Latin, mugil, -ilis = grey mullet (Ref. 45335);  cephalus: cephalus meaning head (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; catadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 120 m (Ref. 9321), usually 0 - 10 m.   Subtropical; 8°C - 24°C (Ref. 4944); 62°N - 57°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 117425)

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