Where Does Mullet Live?

Mullet lives in specific habitats. Knowing where to look helps you find and identify it.

Where to find Mullet

Water type

brackish

Depth

Typically shallow coastal waters, estuaries, lagoons, and lower reaches of rivers, from surface to about 20 meters.

Environment

Coastal marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments. Often found over sandy or muddy bottoms, near seagrass beds, and mangrove areas. Highly euryhaline.

Geographic range

Cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate waters worldwide, including the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, and their associated seas.

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