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Chelon labrosus

(B?tarde)

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Albanian:

Qefulli i dimrit

Common Names in Arabic:

Bo, Boûry Sayloun, Bo˚ry Sayloun

Common Names in Catalan:

Llissa vera

Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:

Bâtarde

Common Names in Croatian:

Cipal putnik, Crni, Ir, Kuljavac, Mrena, Plotun

Common Names in Danish:

Tykl, Tyklæbet multe

Common Names in Dutch:

Diklippige harder

Common Names in English:

Grey mullet, Lesser grey mullet, Persian mullet, Thichlip mullet, Thick lipped mullet, Thick-lipped grey mullet, Thick-lipped mullet, Thicklip grey mullet, Thicklip mullet, thicklipped mullet

Common Names in Faroese:

Multa, Pusalaknektur

Common Names in Finnish:

Paksuhuulikeltti

Common Names in French:

B?tarde, Bâtarde, il Noir, Labre, Lenket, Lissa, Meil, Muge , Muge ? Grosses L?vres, Muge à grosses lèvres, Muge lippu, Muge Noir , Muge Noir ? Grosses L?vres, Muge noir á grosse lèvres, Muge noir à grosses lèvres, Muge noir blanc, Muge noir chaluc, Muge noir labru, Mugon labru, Mulet , Mulet ? Grosses L?vres, Mulet à grosses lèvres, Mulet labeon chaluc, Mulet labeon lippu, Mulet lippu, Uei, Ueil N, Ueil nègre, œil noir, œil noir

Common Names in Gaelic, Irish:

An lannach glas

Common Names in German:

Dicklippen-Meer, Dicklippen-Meeräsche, Dicklippige Gro, Dicklippige großlippige Meeräsche, Dicklippige Meer, Dicklippige Meeräsche, Dicklippige Nordische meer, Dicklippige nordische Meeräsche, Gro, Großlippige Meeräsche, Meer, Meeräsche

Common Names in Greek:

Velanitsa, Βελάνισσα, Βελανίτσα, Βελάντσα, Πλαταρίδα, Σεράνι

Common Names in Greek, Modern:

Velanitsa, Βελανίτσα

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Velanitsa, Βελανίτσα

Common Names in Icelandic:

Gr, Gráröndungur

Common Names in Irish:

An lannach glas

Common Names in Italian:

Bosega, Boseghetta, Boseghin, Bosiga, Caneluenghe, Cannalonga, Cefalo, Cefalo bosega, Cefalo labbrone, Cefaluni, Cefolo, Cefolo di pietra, Cefolo pietra, Cefulu fimmineddu, Cerina, Ciautta, Ciefl, Lioneddu, Lioni, Man'ifeke, Mugella, Muggine, Muggine labbrone, Muzao negro, Sciorina, Testone, Vocche mozze, Volpino

Common Names in Maltese:

Kaplat, Mulett, Mulett kaplat

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

粗唇龜鯔, 粗唇龟鲻, 龜鯔, 龟鲻

Common Names in Norwegian:

Tykkleppet multe

Common Names in Portuguese:

Curv, Curvéo, Curvéu, Fata, Fataça, Muge, Mugem, Muja, Negr, Negrão, Tainha, Tainha-Li, Tainha-liça, Tainha-negra

Common Names in Romanian:

Chefal

Common Names in Rumanian:

Chefal

Common Names in Russian:

Tolstogubaya Kefal´, Tolstogubaya kefal'

Common Names in Slovene:

Debelousti cipelj

Common Names in Slovenian:

Debelousti cipelj

Common Names in Spanish:

Lisa, Muble

Common Names in Swedish:

Tjockl, Tjockläppad multe

Common Names in Turkish:

Mavri balığı

Common Names in Wolof:

Thiauker

Description

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Physical Description

Size/Age/Growth

Males are commonly 32 cm (Standard Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 75 cm (Standard Length). May live as long as 25 years in the wild, 23 years in captivity.

Habitat

Occurs inshore , enters brackish lagoons and freshwater [1].

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 33 meters (110 feet).[2]

Ecology: Habitat :
Pelagic near shores , sometimes in lagoons and estuaries. Spawns at sea in coastal surface water.

Biology :
Usually lives in schools along shores, frequently enters lagoons and estuaries, juveniles easily adapt to freshwater . Lives up to 12 years. Males reproduce for the first time at two years, females at three, later in northern areas. Females larger than males. Spawns pelagic eggs in February-April. Juveniles around 20 mm SL move to coastal lagoons and estuaries in April-June, return to sea in summer. Juveniles feed on zooplankton ; adults feed on algae, vegetal detritus and sediment.[3].

List of Habitats:

Biology

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Diet

Feeds mainly on benthic diatoms , epiphytic algae, small invertebrates and detritus [4].

Reproduction

Oviparous [5]. Reproduction occurs in the sea during winter [1]. Eggs and larvae pelagic.

Migration

Oceanodromous . Migrates occasionally. Tends to move northward in summer-time as the temperatures rise .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Chelon chelo • Chelon chelo (Cuvier • Chelon labrosus • Chelon labrosus (Risso 1826) • Chelon labrosus Risso 1826 • Chelon persicus Senou, Randall & Okiyama, 1995 • Crenimugil labrosus • Crenimugil labrosus (Risso • Liza chelo • Liza chelo (Cuvier • Mugil buosega • Mugil buosega Nardo • Mugil chelo • Mugil chelo Cuvier • Mugil chelon • Mugil chelon Cuvier • Mugil corrugatus • Mugil corrugatus Lowe • Mugil curtus • Mugil curtus Yarrell • Mugil labrosus • Mugil labrosus Risso, 1827 • Mugil provensalis (Non Risso • Mugil septentrionalis • Mugil septentrionalis Günther

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Year see Ref. 26282.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 21-Nov-1995

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Chelon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. bispinosus (Cape Verde Mullet) · C. dussumieri (Dussumier's Mullet) · C. engeli (Large-Scaled Mullet) · C. haematocheilus (So-Iny Mullet) · C. labrosus (Thick-Lipped Grey Mullet) · C. vaigiensis (Diamondscale Mullet)

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Billard, R. (1997). Les poissons d'eau douce des rivières de France. Identification, inventaire et répartition des 83 espèces. Lausanne: Delachaux & Niestlé, 192p. [back]
  2. Standard Deviation = 153.700 based on 292 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  3. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Chelon labrosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
  4. Ben-Tuvia, A. (1986). Mugilidae. p. 1197-1204. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. [back]
  5. Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966). Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012