Mulet
Mugil curema
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Mugiliformes
- Family
- Mugilidae
- Genus
- Mugil
Where to Find
Found in 65 diving areas across 36 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 6 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 556 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 7 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 55 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 52 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 17 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 23 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 23 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 4 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 10 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 3 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 6 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 3 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 3 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 3 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 7 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 6 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 20 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 2 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 13 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 9 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 23 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 13 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 4 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 41 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 3 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 15 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 194 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 192 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 2 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 2 records
- Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 70 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 25 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 21 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 28 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 27 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 47 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 10904 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 12 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 21 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 15 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 9 records