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Red Mullet

🇳🇱 Gewone zeebarbeel ·Mullus barbatus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Pascal GIRARD · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Prat · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Thomas Menut · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. © Thomas Menut · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
  8. 8. © Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
Red Mullet, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Pascal GIRARD · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The red mullet ( Mullus barbatus ) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, Marmara Sea, the Black Sea and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean from Scandinavia to Senegal.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,056iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

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

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 1,056 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Red Mullet
Nederlands
Gewone zeebarbeel
scientific name
Mullus barbatus
class
Actinopterygii
order
Syngnathiformes
family
Mullidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
879
sightings worldwide
1,056
GBIF records in NL
50
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Mullidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118618, Wikidata Q7171, GBIF 4284897, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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