red mullet
Mullus surmuletus
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
- Mulliformes
- Family
- Mullidae
- Genus
- Mullus
Where to Find
Found in 30 diving areas across 14 countries and 1 regions.
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 4 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 91 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 23 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 75 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 44 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 278 records
- Corsica, France - 15 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 60 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 229 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 27 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 1 records
- Ustica, Italy - 2 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 2 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 4 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 7 records
- Azores, Portugal - 295 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 180 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 85 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 114 records
- Costa Brava, Spain - 13 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 148 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 192 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 81 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 996 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 38 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 98 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 15 records