Fringelip Mullet

Silvery in color, greenish olive above; pectoral fins pale yellow with purplish axillary spot, other fins grey (Ref. 4393).Description: Characterized by having circumpeduncular scales 19-20, cycloid scales or weakly ctenoid; snout shorter than eye diameter, 5.2-9.5 in head length; very thick upper lip with 1-10 rows of papillae (in fish larger than about 7 cm TL); thin lower lip, anterior margin turned out and downwards; inner part of lower lip with 1-2 rows of papillae; narrow rim around eye formed by adipose eyelid; preorbital concave on anteroventral edge (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10

Found in coastal waters, over sandy or muddy areas of lagoons, reef flats and tide pools; enters harbors (Ref. 9812). Schooling species, swim at various depths along reefs, to about 20 meters but usually much shallower (Ref. 48637). Associated with seagrass (Ref. 118046). Feed on detritus containing algae and microscopic animals, by scooping up the upper layer of sand or mud and filtering through the gills (Ref. 48637). Omnivorous (Ref. 6113). Form large schools before spawning, at the beginning of the ebb tide (in June), over shallow, open areas of the lagoon slope (Ref. 9812). Feeds on plants, detritus and zooplankton (Ref. 275). Also in Ref. 9137.

Found in coastal waters, over sandy or muddy areas of lagoons, reef flats and tide pools; enters harbors (Ref. 9812). Schooling species, swim at various depths along reefs, to about 20 meters but usually much shallower. Feed on detritus containing algae and microscopic animals, by scooping up the upper layer of sand or mud and filtering through the gills (Ref. 48637). Omnivorous (Ref. 6113). Form large schools before spawning, at the beginning of the ebb tide (in June), over shallow, open areas of the lagoon slope (Ref. 9812). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Spawning occurs in large aggregations after dark. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9812). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30874.

fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; bait: occasionally; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family

廣泛分布於印度-太平洋區水域，由紅海、東非洲至土木土群島，北至日本南部，南至澳洲、羅得豪島。臺灣除東部外各地沿岸均有。

漁期全年皆有，主要為沿岸流刺網所捕獲，但因本種魚體型較小，又沒有烏魚有飽滿的卵，故經濟價值不像烏魚來的高，魚肉適合煮湯或紅燒皆不錯。亦是養殖食用魚。

體延長呈紡綞形，前部圓形而後部側扁，背無隆脊。頭短。吻短；唇厚，當標準體長大於7公分時，下唇會出現一高聳的小丘且具有1-10列似乳頭狀物；無唇齒。眼圓，前側位；脂眼瞼發達，脂眼瞼長和眼徑比1.4-2.5；前眼眶骨窄小，佔滿唇和眼之間的空間，前緣有缺刻但隨著成長而變為平直。口小，亞腹位；腭骨具齒，舌骨上有小物塊，鋤骨和翼骨無齒。鼻孔每側各一對。稚魚期為圓鱗，隨著成長而變為膜性櫛鱗；頭部及體側的側線發達；側線數目12-14條，側線鱗數36-42。鰓耙繁密細長，第一鰓弓下枝鰓耙50-78。背鰭兩個，第一背鰭硬棘IV，第二背鰭鰭條I,8-10；胸鰭上側位，具16鰭條，基部上端具黑點，腋鱗發達；腹鰭腹位，具鰭條I,5，腋鱗發達；臀鰭具鰭條III,9；尾鰭分叉。幽門垂數7-10條；具沙囊胃。新鮮標本體背橄欖綠，體側銀白色，腹部漸次轉為白色。胸鰭呈黃色，基部無色，但在基部的上端有一黑藍色的斑駁，其餘的鰭為灰黃色。

主要棲息於沿岸砂泥底質地形的海域，包括潟湖、礁盤及潮池等海域，亦常侵入港區。以底泥中有機碎屑或水層中的浮游生物為食。群棲性，產卵前常成群洄游於沿岸，產卵期時，則在晚上洄游至潟湖陡坡處。

Crenimugil crenilabis, the fringelip mullet, is a member of the ray-finned fish family Mugilidae widely found throughout the Indo-Pacific. This species can reach a length of 60.0 centimetres (23.6 in) SL.

Found in coastal waters, over sandy areas or muddy areas of lagoons, reef flats and tidepools; enters harbors (Ref. 9812). Omnivorous (Ref. 6113). Forms large schools before spawning, at the beginning of the ebb tide (in June), over shallow, open areas of the lagoon slope (Ref. 9812). Spawning is done in large aggregations after dark. Important food-fish in Polynesia (Ref. 9812). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9812).