Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827)
(Thick-lipped Grey Mullet, Thick-lipped Mullet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChelon labrosus (Thick-lipped Grey Mullet, Thick-lipped Mullet)
FamilyMUGILIDAE (grey mullets)
OrderMUGILIFORMES (an order of bony fishes)
ClassACTINOPTERYGII (ray-finned fishes)
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Chelon labrosus (Thick-lipped Grey Mullet, Thick-lipped Mullet) :
1: Chelon labrosus (Thick-lipped Grey Mullet, Thick-lipped Mullet)
10 Sep 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
juvenile, in small shoal in large rock pool; with parasitic ?Acanthochondria copepod attached near anus
Image 1: Dorso-lateral view - white backgroundImage 2: Dorso-lateral view - white background (2)Image 3: Dorso-lateral view - white background (3)Image 4: Dorso-lateral view - white background (4)Image 5: Dorso-lateral view - white background (5)Image 6: Dorso-lateral view - white background (6)Image 7: Lateral view - white backgroundImage 8: Lateral view - white background (2)Image 9: Lateral view - white background (3)Image 10: Dorsal fins - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: First dorsal fin - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Foreparts - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Head - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Parasitic ?Acanthocondria copepod attached near anus - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Rear of body - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 16: Second dorsal fin - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 17: Tail - close-up - enlarged - white background
2: Chelon labrosus (Thick-lipped Grey Mullet, Thick-lipped Mullet)
9 Sep 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Lateral view - white backgroundImage 2: Lateral view - white background (2)Image 3: Latero-dorsal view - among stones - white backgroundImage 4: Latero-dorsal view - among stones - white background (2)Image 5: Latero-dorsal view - among stones - white background (3)Image 6: Latero-dorsal view - white backgroundImage 7: Latero-dorsal view - white background (2)Image 8: Latero-dorsal view - white background (3)Image 9: Latero-dorsal view - white background (4)

Chelon labrosus (Thick-lipped Grey Mullet, Thick-lipped Mullet) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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