Popeye Mullet, Rhinomugil nasutus (De Vis 1883)
Other Names: Mud Mullet, Popeye, Popeyed Mullet, Shark Mullet, Sharp-nosed Mullet, Skipjack Mullet, Skip-jack Mullet
A Popeye Mullet, Rhinomugil nasutus, in the shallows on the turning tide at Cardwell Queensland, April 2014. Source: coenobita / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A slate grey mullet becoming silvery on the sides and abdomen, with yellowish fins, an overhanging snout, and large eyes raised above the top of the head, enabling aerial vision.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Rhinomugil nasutus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4469
Popeye Mullet, Rhinomugil nasutus (De Vis 1883)
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Distribution |
Derby, Western Australia, to Mackenzie Island, the Fitzroy River, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in southern New Guinea. Inhabits muddy freshwaters, estuaries, mangroves and inshore waters, often in very shallow water. Popeye Mullet often swim in the shallows with their eyes poking out of the water, and can wriggle for short distances over mud banks. When threatened, they skip across the surface back to deeper water and out of danger. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin IV, 7; Anal fin III, 8; Pectoral fin 12-13. Body slender, head pointed, dorsal profile almost straight, dipping down before eye.Scales large, cycloid. Soft dorsal and anal fins scaly. |
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Species Citation |
Mugil nasutus De Vis 1883, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7(4): 621. Type locality: Cardwell, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Popeye Mullet, Rhinomugil nasutus (De Vis 1883)
References
De Vis, C.W. 1883. Descriptions of two new Queensland fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7(4): 620-621 See ref at BHL
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Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls.
Ogilby, J.D. 1908. New or little known fishes in the Queensland Museum. Annals of the Queensland Museum 9(1): 3-41 (as Squalomugil nasutus) See ref at BHL
Schultz, L.P. 1946. A revision of the genera of mullets, fishes of the family Mugilidae, with descriptions of three new genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96(3204): 377-395 figs 28-32 https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.96-3204.377, open access
Thomson, J.M. 1954. The Mugilidae of Australia and adjacent seas. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5(1): 70-131 figs 1-16 pls 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9540070
Thomson, J.M. 1997. The Mugilidae of the world. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(3): 457-562 fig. 1 See ref at BHL
