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Chelon richardsonii (Mullet; South African mullet; Southern mullet)

Synonyms: Liza richardsoni; Liza richardsonii; Mugil multilineatus; Mugil richardsonii
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Wikipedia Abstract

The South African mullet (Chelon richardsonii), also called a harder mullet or simply harder, is a species of mullet. It is found in South African coastal waters from Walvis Bay (Namibia) to KwaZulu-Natal, and grows to a maximum length of 40.5 cm. It is also found inland in the waters of the Olifants River (Western Cape).
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceano-estuarine

Prey / Diet

Brachidontes virgiliae (brack-water mussel)[2]
Grandidierella lignorum[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Lichia amia (leer fish)[2]
Octopus vulgaris (common octopus)[3]
Platycephalus indicus (Indo-Pacific flathead)[3]
Pomatomus saltatrix (Tailor run)[3]
Triakis megalopterus (Spotty)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pseudogrillotia perelica[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2The Fish Community of the Swartvlei Estuary and the Influence of Food Availability on Resource Utilization, ALAN K. WHITFIELD, Estuaries Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 160-170 September 1988
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0