Striped Red Mullet - Mullus surmuletus,
Slightly compressed body. Short head with a pair of barbels underneath the lower jaw which are as long as the pectoral fins. Distinctly oblique front profile to the head. Reddish with a dark band from the eyes to the tail. Lives on rocky or detrital bottoms, from 10 to 500 metres. Maximum size 40 centimetres.
The red mullets or surmullets are two species of goatfish, Mullus barbatus and Mullus surmuletus, found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea. Both "red mullet" and "surmullet" can also refer to the Mullidae in general.
Though they can easily be distinguished?M. surmuletus has a striped first dorsal fin?their common names overlap in many of the languages of the region. In English, M. surmuletus is sometimes called the striped red mullet.
