South African mullet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Mugiliformes |
Family: | Mugilidae |
Genus: | Chelon |
Species: | C. richardsonii
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Binomial name | |
Chelon richardsonii (
A. Smith, 1846)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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 (15.9 in). [2] The person the specific name honours was not recorded by Andrew Smith when he described this species but it is most likely to be John Richardson (1787-1865), the Scottish naturalist, surgeon and Arctic explorer. [3]
It is also found inland in the waters of the Olifants River (Western Cape). [4]
Mullet fish caught in the sea and estuaries of the West Coast region are processed by salting and air-drying into bokkoms by small local factories around Velddrif and Laaiplek. [4]
South African mullet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Mugiliformes |
Family: | Mugilidae |
Genus: | Chelon |
Species: | C. richardsonii
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Binomial name | |
Chelon richardsonii (
A. Smith, 1846)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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 (15.9 in). [2] The person the specific name honours was not recorded by Andrew Smith when he described this species but it is most likely to be John Richardson (1787-1865), the Scottish naturalist, surgeon and Arctic explorer. [3]
It is also found inland in the waters of the Olifants River (Western Cape). [4]
Mullet fish caught in the sea and estuaries of the West Coast region are processed by salting and air-drying into bokkoms by small local factories around Velddrif and Laaiplek. [4]