Where Does Largescale mullet Live?

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

Where to find Largescale mullet

Water type

brackish

Depth

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

Environment

Prefers sandy or muddy bottoms in sheltered coastal areas, often associated with mangroves and seagrass beds. Highly euryhaline, tolerating a wide range of salinities from freshwater to hypersaline conditions.

Geographic range

Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa eastward to Samoa, northward to southern Japan, and southward to Australia.

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