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Valamugil seheli in Djibouti
Bluespot mullet

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Valamugil seheli   (Forsskål, 1775)
Family:	Mugilidae (Mullets)			picture (Vaseh_u1.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
Order:	Mugiliformes  (Mullets)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Bluespot mullet
Max. size:	60.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710); max. published weight: 8,000 g (Ref. 37816)
Environment:	reef-associated; catadromous
Climate:	tropical; 32°N - 23°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.23-0.28)
Distribution:	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Transkei, South Africa (Ref. 4393) and east the Hawaiian and Marquesan islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia and Norfolk Island (Ref. 8879).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 4-5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 8-10. Bluish brown or green dorsally; flanks and abdomen silvery; dusky spots on upper row of scales, giving indistinct longitudinal stripes (Ref. 9812). Dorsal and upper lobe of caudal fin with dark-blue tip. Anal, pelvic, and pectoral fins yellow. Pectorals also with dark blue spot dorsally at origin (Ref. 9812). Pectoral-fin axil scale very long.
Biology:	Inhabit coastal waters but enters estuaries and rivers where they feed on microalgae, filamentous algae, forams, diatoms, and detritus associated with sand and mud (Ref. 9812). Form schools. Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Also caught using stakenets, barrier nets, and pouch nets during spawning; also taken as bycatch (Ref. 9812). Marketed fresh and perhaps salted, boiled (Thailand), canned or frozen (Australia); roe salted (Ref. 9812)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Harrison, Ian
Main Ref:	Myers, R.F.. 1991. (Ref. 1602)
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Djibouti country information
Common names:	Mulet à tache bleue, Blue-spotmullet		Ref:  Bouhlel, M., 1988
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Common in Tadjourah gulf (Ref. 5450).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/dj.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Bouhlel, M., 1988
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