FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
Freshwater mullet
Pseudomyxus capensis
Mugilidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 45 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 2,028 liters
- Diet
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Behavior
- Temperament
- Missing
- Swims
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Water values
Smallest tank
Range
More about the species
Description
Adults occur in freshwater to estuarine conditions. Adults breed at sea, throughout the year; juveniles move into estuaries and enter rivers usually in late winter or early spring. Females remain in freshwater for 7 years, males for 4 years. Return to estuaries before maturing sexually prior to spawning. Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive. Feed on benthic algae and small invertebrates over muddy bottom. Decline in population from obstruction, by dams and weirs, of free passage into rivers.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Mugil capensis
- Mugil euronotus
- Myxus capensis
- Trachystoma euronotus
In other languages
- Sydafrikansk ferskvandsmulte
- Freshwater springer
Articles
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