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flathead mullet
noun
An edible fish, of the family Mugilidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical coastal waters.
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Whanganui means "wide river-mouth" and Waikanae indicates good waters for catching kanae, or flathead mullet.
The flathead mullet, Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758, is a euryhaline teleost distributed worldwide in coastal waters, lagoons, bays and estuaries between latitudes 42° N and 42° S [ 18].
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Trials on the artificial propagation of flathead grey mullet have been carried out, but most of the commercial aquaculture production of flathead grey mullet still depends on fry collected from the wild, which is cheaper.
V. cholerae numbers in fish intestine content were estimated in two fish species: Sarotherodon galilaeus (Galilee St. Peter's fish) sampled from a fish pond and Mugil cephalus (Flathead grey mullet) sampled from the Sea of Galilee (Table 3).
The number of V. cholerae per one gram of fish intestine content was estimated in two fish species: Sarotherodon galilaeus (Galilee St. Peter's fish) and Mugil cephalus (Flathead grey mullet).
Larval flathead grey mullet feed primarily on microcrustaceans.
The flathead grey mullet is catadromous, frequently found coastally in estuaries and freshwater environments.
Feeding by sucking up the top layer of sediments, flathead grey mullet remove detritus and microalgae.
Flathead grey mullet is a diurnal feeder, consuming mainly zooplankton, dead plant matter, and detritus.
The total cost of producing 1 kg of flathead grey mullet in semi-intensive aquaculture in Egypt is USD 0.75 1.00.
Flathead grey mullet has been farmed for centuries in extensive and semi-intensive ponds in many countries.
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