#2162 · 🐟 fish
Sea Mullet
🇳🇱 Aalder ·Mugil cephalus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ian Banks · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © dakoda · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Phil's 1stPix · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Sebastian Flowers · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Susanne Spindler · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
The flathead grey mullet ( Mugil cephalus ) is an important food fish species in the mullet family Mugilidae. It is found in coastal tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically 30 to 75 centimetres (12 to 30 in). It is known with numerous English names, including the flathead mullet, striped mullet (US, American Fisheries Society name), black mullet, bully mullet, common mullet, grey mullet, sea mullet and mullet , among others.
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 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 9,952 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Sea Mullet
- Nederlands
- Aalder
- scientific name
- Mugil cephalus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Mugiliformes
- family
- Mugilidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 403
- sightings worldwide
- 9,952
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Mugilidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 106222, Wikidata Q234014, GBIF 8189568, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.