English > gray mullet: 2 senses > noun 2, animalMeaning | Freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide / worldwide. |
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Synonyms | mullet, grey mullet |
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Member of | Mugilidae, family Mugilidae | Grey mullets |
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Parts | mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet | Highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet |
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Narrower | liza, Mugil liza | Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region |
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striped mullet, Mugil cephalus | Most important commercial mullet in eastern United States |
white mullet, Mugil curema | silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts |
Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
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