Photo credit: Aritra Bera (India) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The picture shows a batch of collected fingerlings of flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) in India. The published reports state that grey mullet has been farmed extensively cultured in Bengal, Madras and Kerala since 1947. For production efficiency, the species has …
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Nov 03 2011
Flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) in Egypt
The fry of this species are collected from the Mediterranean Sea. In regard to growth rate, flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) is showing highest growth rate among mullet species. Because of early collection of its fry in Egypt (September – December), it attains its market size with an average of 300-400 g in a single …
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Nov 03 2011
Collection of mullet fry in Egypt
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Mullet farming still depends on naturally collected fry whereas the artificial reproduction of mullet is carried out at experimental levels in Egypt. There are several stations where mullet fry are collected. Key mullet species are flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus), thin-lipped grey mullet (Liza ramada), and keeled …
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