Fish of the Chelon genus of the Mugilidae family of the Mugiliformes (Mullets) order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Golden grey mullet. Photo by © Pedro Niny Duarte(c)ImagDOP. fishbase.org)
Golden grey mullet (Chelon aurata) was first described in 1810 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
The maximum recorded length is 59 cm; specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. It is a schooling fish. Adult individuals prefer to swim at the depths of more than 10 meters, entering the bays, estuaries and lagoons. Young fish often swim near the river mouths. It feeds on small benthic organisms, detritus, and sometimes insects and plankton.
(Golden grey mullet. Photo © armacao.exblog.jp)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of golden grey mullet (Chelon aurata) in other languages are as follows:
Veshflorini (Albanian), Платерина (Platerina) (Bulgarian), Goudharder (Dutch), Μυξινάρι (Mixinári) (Greek), Kifon happaz (Hebrew), Galupe (Spanish), Cefalo dorato (Italian), Goldmeeräsche (German), Mugil złotogłowy, Singil (Polish), Сингиль (Singilj) (Russian), Taínha (Portuguese), Chefal auriu (Romanian), Cipol zlatar, Cipal zlatar (Serbian, Croatian), Zlati cipelj (Slovenian), Altınbaş kefal (Turkish), Mulet doré (French).