Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6. Body reddish dorsally, pinkish ventrally. Large blotch or band of jet black near tip of first dorsal fin. Three bands on second dorsal fin. Posterior median rays of caudal fin blackish, both lobes with indistinct bands. Pectoral and pelvic fins reddish. Anal fin rays pale pinkish, its membrane translucent, and its base milky white. Cheek and preopercular silvery white (Ref. 27363).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Mulliformes

Family: Mullidae

Genus: Mullus

Species: Mullus argentinae Hubbs & Marini, 1933

Climate Zone

Biology

Marketed fresh.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless