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Grey mullet
BORA (MABORA)
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Descriptive notes =
“âîälàttîä’üïäbäËŒä—ÊË L“CL\Z>.
Adults attain about 70 cm in body length.
?ËËŒÉË”HZ (?ËËË) lâ‘=Pf®ÿ<âëf,
Body somewhat elongated and compressed, covered with
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large sca'eS'
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Head convex and looks like that of a snake.
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Eyes comparatively small with broad adipose eyelids.
Dorsal profile almost straight
ventral expanded downward.
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Color of dorsal surface greyish-blue; ventral surface,
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'silver-white.
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Swim in schools during the day and night near the surface
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of the coastal waters.
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Eat small marine animals and seaweeds located by means
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of sight, auditory and olfactory senses.
Extent of migration wide. Swimming movement very quick;
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often jump up from the water.
This species is not the so—called anadromous fish.
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Young ones live in the fresh and brackish waters.
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Found along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean,
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Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Caught by purse seines and pole and lines.
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'Bulbus olfactorius closely adhered to comparatively large
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lobus olfactorius.
Lobus opticus medium-sized.
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Corpuscerebelli somewhat large and elongated posteriorly.
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Eminentia granularis egg-shaped and large." Crista cerebelli
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expanded laterally.
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96—97
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