Mullus barbatus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Mullidae
Genus: Mullus
Species: M. barbatus

Mullus barbatus is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean from Scandinavia to Senegal, and the Black Sea.

It and Mullus surmuletus are commonly called "red mullets", which see for more information about cuisine. M. barbatus can be distinguished from the former by a first dorsal fin which is not striped.

There are two subspecies:

* Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758.
* Mullus barbatus ponticus Essipov, 1927. Found in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.

References

* Alan Davidson, Mediterranean Seafood, Penguin 1972, ISBN 0-14-046174-4