Myxus
1 species
The sand grey mullet (Myxus elongatus) is a species of mullet found in coastal marine waters of Australia.
The sand grey mullet is found in Australia from fresh waters to estuarine of the temperate water regions in 1-10m depth. They are mainly found in the wild traveling in schools of fish where they just swim together in a pack without an obvious leader, constant distance between each other, and starting and stopping at the same time. This is believed to be in order to reduce their chance of getting eaten by a predator by confusing the predator and decreasing the probability of getting eaten. They predator will still eat and some will die but the overall probability of each fish getting eaten decreases in a school system. The sand grey mullet is often fished for both commercial and recreational purposes for their meat and to be used as bait. Fishing regulations are not strict with only regulations on the different sizes of mesh nets acceptable.
The sand grey mullet (Myxus elongatus) is a species of mullet found in coastal marine waters of Australia.
The sand grey mullet is found in Australia from fresh waters to estuarine of the temperate water regions in 1-10m depth. They are mainly found in the wild traveling in schools of fish where they just swim together in a pack without an obvious leader, constant distance between each other, and starting and stopping at the same time. This is believed to be in order to reduce their chance of getting eaten by a predator by confusing the predator and decreasing the probability of getting eaten. They predator will still eat and some will die but the overall probability of each fish getting eaten decreases in a school system. The sand grey mullet is often fished for both commercial and recreational purposes for their meat and to be used as bait. Fishing regulations are not strict with only regulations on the different sizes of mesh nets acceptable.
