#2158 · 🐟 fish
Thicklip Grey Mullet
🇳🇱 Diklipharder ·Chelon labrosus
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what is it?
The thicklip grey mullet , Chelon labrosus , is a coastal fish of the family Mugilidae. It typically is about 32 cm (13 in) long, with 75 cm (30 in) being the maximum recorded. It is named after its thick upper lip and silvery-grey appearance.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,939 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Antoine Risso in 1827 (199 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Thicklip Grey Mullet
- Nederlands
- Diklipharder
- scientific name
- Chelon labrosus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Mugiliformes
- family
- Mugilidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 2
- sightings in Europe
- 1,561
- sightings worldwide
- 2,939
- GBIF records in NL
- 11,748
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1827 by Antoine Risso
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Mugilidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 97345, Wikidata Q1165486, GBIF 2400863, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.