Sand Mullet, Myxus elongatus Günther 1861

Other Names: Black Spot Mullet, Bully Mullet, Lano, Poddy, Tallegalene, Wide Bay Mullet

Sand Mullet, Myxus elongatus, at Fairy Bower, Manly, New South Wales, July 2008. Source: Richard Ling / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A silvery olive-green to reddish-brown mullet becoming pale silvery below, with a gold blotch on the gill cover, a black spot on the upper pectoral-fin base, a white margin on anal fin.

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Bray, D.J. 2017, Myxus elongatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3487

Sand Mullet, Myxus elongatus Günther 1861

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Distribution	Heron Island, southern Queensland, to Mandurah, Western Australia, and northern and eastern Tasmania; also the Lord Howe Island region and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the south-west Pacific. Form schools in shallow coastal waters and lower estuaries, and juveniles may enter freshwaters.
Feeding	Feeds on small crustaceans and molluscs, and microscopic algae.
Biology	Sand mullet spawn near estuary mouths or in the sea.
Fisheries	The Sand Mullet is of minor commercial and recreational importance.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Sand Mullet, Myxus elongatus Günther 1861

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