![Mugil curema](https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mugil-curema-white-1024x576.png)
Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Mugilidae | Mugil curema | Valenciennes | 1836 | White Mullet |
Mugil curema
Unique Characters: Robust silvery body that is round in cross section. Well-developed adipose eyelid. Second dorsal and anal fins well-scaled, with small scales over all parts of the fin
Similar Species:
Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus. Robust silvery body that is round in cross section. Many stripes on the sides; absent in very young individuals. Well-developed adipose eyelid. Second dorsal fin and anal fin unscaled or weakly scaled.
![Mugil cephalus](https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Mugil-cephalus-Juvenile-1024x576.png)
![Mugil cephalus](https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mugil-cephalus-003-1024x576.png)
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