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Definition of Striped mullet

1. Noun. Most important commercial mullet in eastern United States.

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Literary usage of Striped mullet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"We are not able to distinguish from the common striped mullet of Europe and ... striped mullet, Mugil cephalus (L.). Wood's Hole, Mass. similarly but less ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"We are not able to distinguish from the common striped mullet of Europe and ... striped mullet, Mugil cephalus (L.). Wood's Hole, Mass. similarly but less ..."

3. The Angler's Guide: A Handbook of the Haunts and Habits of the Popular Game by Charles Bradford (1908)
"... See Mullet and Kingfish Mullet, Big-eyed: See striped mullet Mullet, Jumping: See striped mullet Mullet, Sand: See striped mullet Mullet, Silver Mullet, ..."

4. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"... scales somewhat smaller in size than those of the striped mullet, and equally deciduous, but decidedly distinct in structure, as the vignettes exhibit. ..."

5. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"The striped mullet is of wide distribution; in the new world it is found coastwise fro.m Massachusetts to Brazil and from California to Chile; ..."

6. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"The striped mullet occurs in the West Indies, the Gulf, and from Lower California to Peru. A single specimen of M. brasiliensis was taken at Provincetown, ..."

7. The Outdoorsman's Handbook (formerly The Angler's Guide) by Warren Hastings Miller (1909)
"... Big-Eyed: See striped mullet Mullet: See Mullet and Kingfish Mullet, Jumping: See striped mullet Mullet, Sand: See striped mullet Mullet, Silver Mullet, ..."

8. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"6 or 8 in. long, purplish brown above, lighter on the sides, with 10 or 12 dark brown longitudinal stripes, pupils black and striped mullet (Mugil ..."

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