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Blue Tail Mullet

Crenimugil buchanani (Bleeker 1853)

Diagnostic Description

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This species is greenish dorsally; flanks and abdomen are silvery; small gold patch on upper operculum and iris; caudal fin bright blue and pectoral fins yellow with dark blue spot dorsally at origin (Ref. 9812).
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Migration

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Catadromous. Migrating from freshwater to the sea to spawn, e.g., European eels. Subdivision of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9
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Trophic Strategy

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Inhabit coastal waters, including estuaries and rivers (Ref. 5213). Young fish frequent estuaries and also ascend rivers and coastal creeks (Ref. 2847). Feed on algae, diatoms, detritus, and crustaceans (Ref. 9812). Changes in the feeding habits from planktonic organisms and migratory zooplankton to meiobenthos which takes place between 0.1 and 0.2 cm, and a switch from meiobenthos to microbenthos between 0.15 and 0.25 cm (Ref. 56101). Gill-raker filaments were found in the stomach captured using gill net. Mullets struggle to be free of the constricting meshes, food is often regurgitated at an early stage, subsequent gasping of oxygen would then easily cause gill-rakers, broken loose in the struggle, to be swalowed (Ref. 74739).
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Biology

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Inhabit coastal waters, including estuaries and rivers (Ref. 5213). Young fish frequent estuaries and also ascend rivers and coastal creeks (Ref. 2847). Feed on algae, diatoms, detritus, and crustaceans (Ref. 9812). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Caught during the spawning period (Ref. 9812). Other methods include the use of stakenets, pouch nets, and barrier nets (Ref. 9812).
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Importance

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fisheries: commercial
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Crenimugil buchanani

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Crenimugil buchanani, the bluetail mullet, is a member of the ray-finned fish family Mugilidae widely found throughout the Indo-Pacific. This species can reach a length of 100.0 centimetres (39.4 in) SL.[1]

Etymology

The mullet is named in honor of Francis Hamilton-Buchanan (1762-1829), a Scottish physician and naturalist.[2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Crenimugil buchanani" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MUGILIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • Harrison, I.J. and H. Senou, 1997. Order Mugiliformes. Mugilidae. Mullets. p. 2069-2108. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome
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Crenimugil buchanani: Brief Summary

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Crenimugil buchanani, the bluetail mullet, is a member of the ray-finned fish family Mugilidae widely found throughout the Indo-Pacific. This species can reach a length of 100.0 centimetres (39.4 in) SL.

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