- 숭어 Striped Mullet
. 학명; Mugil cephalus
. 서식지; 따뜻한 물의 연안이나 강에서 떼로 서식
. 통명; 숭어
. 특징; 추워지면 피하지방이 많아지고 눈꺼플이 커지면서 시력저하
. 먹이와 요리법; 회로, 튀겨서, 말려서, 훈제나 스튜로 섭취
1 학명과 서식지
- 학명; Mugil cephalus
- 서식지
. 온도와 깊이; 따뜻한 물의 연안이나 강에서 떼로 서식
. 지역; 전세계 온대와 열대 수역
. 강에서 태어나 25센티가 되면 바다로 이주
The striped mullet is cosmopolitan in all warm seas worldwide and is the only member of the mullet family found off the Pacific coast of the United States. The fantail mullet occurs in the western Atlantic in Bermuda and from Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. The white mullet is found in the western Atlantic in Bermuda and from Massachusetts south to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern Pacific from the Gulf of California, Mexico, to Iquique, Chile.
2 통명
- 영어; Striped Mullet
- 한글; 숭어, 수어, 치어-모쟁이/동어/살모치
3 개요
- 길이; 90센티이내,
- 무게; 12파운드이내, 평균 1파운드
The striped mullet may reach a length of 3 feet and weigh as much as 12 pounds, although the largest specimens have come from aquariums. Roe specimens in the wild are common to 3 pounds, but most striped mullet weigh closer to a pound. The fantail mullet is small and usually weighs less than a pound. The white mullet is similar in size to the fantail.
4 특징
- 회청색의 등과 은백색의 배
- 머리가 둥글고 무디며 작은 입
- 매우 약하거나 생략된 이
- 각 비늘의 중앙에 흑색반점
- 추워지면 피하지방이 많아지고 눈꺼플이 커지면서 시력저하
Mullet are members of the Mugilidae family, a group of roughly 70 species whose members range worldwide. All are good food fish, and the roe is considered a delicacy. Mullet are important forage for many predator species.
Identification. The striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) is bluish-gray or green along the back, shading to silver on the sides and white below. Also known as the black mullet, or fatback, it has indistinct horizontal black bars, or stripes, on its sides; the fins are lightly scaled at the base and unscaled above; the nose is blunt and the mouth small; and the second dorsal fin originates behind that of the anal fin. It is similar to the smaller fantail mullet (M. gyrans) and the white mullet (M. curema), both of which have a black blotch at the base of their pectoral fins, which is lacking in the striped mullet.
5 먹이와 요리법
- 먹이; 식물성 플랑크톤, 유기물 등
- 바닥의 진흙을 삼키고 아가미로 걸러 먹이 섭취
- 산란을 위해 큰 떼로 연안이동
- 중요한 어획원으로 양식하며 알은 진미
- 특별한 이유없이 물에서 뛰는 습성
- 회로, 튀겨서, 말려서, 훈제나 스튜로 섭취
Mullet are schooling fish found inshore in coastal environs. Many species have the unusual habit of leaping from the water with no apparent cause. Adult striped mullet migrate offshore in large schools to spawn. Fantail mullet spawn in near-shore or inshore waters during the spring and the summer. White mullet spawn offshore, and the young migrate into estuaries and along beaches.
Food and feeding habits. Mullet feed on algae, detritus, and other tiny marine forms; they pick up mud from the bottom and strain plant and animal material from it through their sievelike gill rakers and pharyngeal teeth.