#2149 · 🐟 fish
Striped Red Mullet
🇳🇱 Mul ·Mullus surmuletus
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what is it?
The striped red mullet or surmullet ( Mullus surmuletus ) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea. They can be found in water as shallow as 5 metres (16 ft) or as deep as 409 metres (1,342 ft) depending upon the portion of their range that they are in. 8 in). The...
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 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,034 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Striped Red Mullet
- Nederlands
- Mul
- scientific name
- Mullus surmuletus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Syngnathiformes
- family
- Mullidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 4,986
- sightings worldwide
- 6,034
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,770
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Mullidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118619, Wikidata Q7119, GBIF 2396862, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.