Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Mulliformes > Family Mullidae > Genus Mullus

Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mullus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mullus barbatus barbatus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: barbuni sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Basque: lohietako barbarin

Breton: ardilon; meilh ruz sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Catalan: moll; moll de fang; roger sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

Danish: rød mulle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewone zeebarbeel

English: red mullet sources: FAO. FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP). Aquatic Species Fact Sheets.

French: rouget barbet; rouget-barbet de vase; surmulet sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p;Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

German: Rotbarbe; rote Meerbarbe sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Greek: Κουτσομούρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: מולית אדומה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: triglia di fango sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

Norwegian Bokmål: rødmulle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: raudmulle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: barbata

Portuguese: salmonete-da-vasa

Russian: Барабуля усатая sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Slovenian: bradač

Spanish, Castillian: salmonete de fango sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

Turkish: barbunya sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Барабуля вусата

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Mullus barbatus, by Luquet, D.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126985