Mullus

Goatfishes
Mullus barbatus Red mullet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Mullidae
Genus:	Mullus Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Species
See table.

Mullus known as Goatfishes or Mullets is subtropical marine genus of perciform fish of the family Mullidae. Occurs mainly in the Southwest Atlantic near the South American coast and in the Eastern Atlantic including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.^[2] These fish are bottom dwelling over sands and muds. 4 species are recognized.

Mullus surmuletus

Species

Species[3]	Common name[3]	Environment & range[4]	IUCN status[5]
M. argentinae Hubbs & Marini, 1933	Argentine goatfish	Marine; subtropical; demersal	NE*
M. auratus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882	Red goatfish	Marine; subtropical; demersal	NE
M. barbatusT Linnaeus, 1758	Red mullet	Marine; subtropical; demersal	NE
M. surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758	Striped red mullet	Marine; subtropical; demersal	NE

*) NE - Not Evaluated.
^T) Type species.

References

1. ^ Linnaeus, C., 1758: Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
2. ^ Johnson, G.D. & Gill, A.C. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 186. ISBN 0-12-547665-5. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Fish Identification at FishBase. Family Mullidae
4. ^ Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986: A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
5. ^ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [1]