Description: color
bluish-gray or green above, shading to silver on sides with distinct
horizontal black barrings, white below; fins lightly scaled at base,
unscaled above; blunt nose and small mouth; second dorsal fin originates
behind that of the dorsal fin.
Similar Fish: white
mullet, M. curema; fantail mullet, M. gyrans (both white and
fantail mullet have black blotch at base of pectoral fin, which is lacking
in the black mullet).
Where found: INSHORE.
Size: roe mullet common
to 3 pounds but in aquariums known to reach 12 pounds or more.
*Florida Record: n/a
Remarks: adults migrate
OFFSHORE in large schools to spawn; juveniles migrate INSHORE at about 1
inch in size, moving far up tidal creeks; frequent leapers; feeds on
algae, detritus and other tiny marine forms.
* The Florida records
quoted are from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's
printed publication, Fishing
Lines and are not necessarily the most current ones. The records are
provided as only as a benchmark.
