This the most common mullet species found in southern Australian waters. It has two short-based dorsal fins, a broad head, a short pointed snout with a small mouth, and a slightly forked tail. Yelloweye Mullet are greenish-brown above, with silvery sides, a paler underside, with a bright yellow iris and no dark spot at the pectoral-fin base it has smaller scales than the Sea Mullet

This species is commercially fished around Australia

At a glance

Habitat It occurs in temperate inshore and estuarine waters, usually on sandy or muddy substrates
Size Can grow up to 50cm more commonly a round to 30cm
Origin Endemic
Distribution It occurs in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia it is known from southern New South Wales, around the south of the country including Tasmania and north to the central coast of Western Australia
Descriptions
Distribution
It occurs in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia it is known from southern New South Wales, around the south of the country including Tasmania and north to the central coast of Western Australia
Habitat
It occurs in temperate inshore and estuarine waters, usually on sandy or muddy substrates
Size
Can grow up to 50cm more commonly a round to 30cm
Common Name Yelloweye Mullet
Aliases Conmuri, Coorang Mullet, Estuary Mullet, Forster's Mullet, Yelloweye,
Origin Endemic
Conservation Least Concern
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderMugiliformes
FamilyMugilidae
GenusAldrichetta
SpeciesAldrichetta forsteri
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