Fantail Mullet (Mugil gyrans)
| 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 (note difference in shape of fins
and opercular margins, see sketch insert). |
White Mullet (Mugil 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. |