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Mugil curema in El Salvador
White mullet

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Mugil curema   Valenciennes, 1836
Family:	Mugilidae (Mullets)			picture (Mucur_u0.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
Order:	Mugiliformes  (Mullets)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	White mullet
Max. size:	90.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9321); max. published weight: 680 g (Ref. 40637)
Environment:	reef-associated; catadromous ; depth range - 15 m
Climate:	subtropical; 45°N - 5°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; bait: occasionally
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2-3; Fec=>50,000)
Distribution:	Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, but uncommon north of Cape Cod (Harrison, pers. Comm.) to Argentina (Ref. 74796). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Namibia (Harrison, pers. Comm.). Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Chile (Ref. 9321).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 4-5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 9-10. Usually 38 or 39 scales in lateral series. Scales on side covered with smaller secondary scales (Ref. 26938).
Biology:	Inhabit sandy coasts and littoral pools but also occurs in muddy bottoms of brackish lagoons and estuaries. Sometimes penetrate rivers. May also be found on coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Juveniles are common in coastal waters and are known to find their way to estuaries and coastal lagoons. Growth in juveniles is moderate (30-40 cm in 4 years). Adults form schools (Ref. 9321). Feed on microscopic or filamentous algae and small juveniles of planktonic organisms (Ref. 9626). Reproduction occurs between March and August. Spawn several million eggs provided with a notable yolk (Ref. 35237). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). An important foodfish, it is marketed fresh and salted (Ref. 9321)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Harrison, Ian
Main Ref:	Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray. 1986. (Ref. 7251)
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El Salvador country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/es.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Harrison, I.J., 1995
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	Modified:  Froese, Rainer	Entered:  Garilao, Cristina V.

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