South African mullet | 水產百科網

TheSouthAfricanmullet(Chelonrichardsonii),alsocalledahardermulletorsimplyharder,isaspeciesofmullet.ItisfoundinSouthAfricancoastalwatersfrom ...

Species of fish

The South African mullet (Chelon richardsonii), also called a harder mullet or simply harder, is a species of mullet. It is found in South African coastal waters from Walvis Bay (Namibia) to KwaZulu-Natal, and grows to a maximum length of 40.5 cm.[2] The person the specific name honours was not recorded by Andrew Smith when he described this species but it is most likely to be John Richardson (1787-1865), the Scottish naturalist, surgeon and Arctic explorer.[3]

It is also found inland in the waters of the Olifants River (Western Cape).[4]

Mullet fish caught in the sea and estuaries of the West Coast region are processed by salting and air-drying into bokkoms by small local factories aro...