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Fringelip mullet
Moolgarda crenilabis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Fringelip mullet
- Scientific
- Moolgarda crenilabis
- Dhivehi
- Mekunu
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Mugilidae (mullets)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 60 cm (total length); commonly 26 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 20 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2016
Description
A silvery mullet, greenish olive above, with pale yellow pectoral fins and a purplish spot at their base, reaching about 60 cm. It schools over sand and mud in lagoons and on reef flats, feeding on fine deposits.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives mekunu.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Moolgarda-crenilabis.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5653&GenusName=Moolgarda&SpeciesName=
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Crenimugil_crenilabis.JPG
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Mekunu' (Latin script). FishBase also lists 'Bengu' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: single source.