Fish of the Mullus genus of the Mullidae (goatfishes) family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Surmullet. Photo by © Miguel Villena. flickr.com/photos/79091085@N03)
Surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depth of 5-409 meters. It prefers to swim close to the rocky, sandy and oozy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 40 cm, specimens up to 25 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 1 kilogram. It feeds on benthic invertebrates, mollusks and fish.
(Surmullet. Photo by © microguy. flickr.com/photos/9393577@N02)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) in other languages as follows:
Barbuni i shkëmbit (Albanian), Mul (Dutch), Μπαρμπούνι (Barmbuni) (Greek), Mulit happassim (Hebrew), Salmonete de roca (Spanish), Triglia di scoglio (Italian), Gestreifte Meerbarbe (German), Barwena (Polish), Salmonete legitimo (Portuguese), Barbun vargat (Romanian), Полосатая барабуля (Polosataja barabulja) (Russian) Barbun kamenjar, Trlja kamenjarka (Serbian, Croatian), Progasti bradač (Slovenian), Tekir (Turkish), Rouget de roche (French).