🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Brasilian Mullet live?

Chelon dumerili has 1,738 records in 16 countries and territories, from 1905 to 2026. Most records come from Mauritania.

AnimaliaChordataMugiliformesMugilidaeChelon

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Mauritania 847
Senegal 441
South Africa 338
Angola 31
Gambia 13
DR Congo 11
Benin 10
Congo 9
Guinea-Bissau 9
Cameroon 7
Nigeria 6
Mozambique 5
Namibia 4
Gabon 3
Ghana 3
Togo 1

Related animals

Others in the family Mugilidae.

Parassi mullet, Stripped mullet
195,531 records
Banana Mullet
1,619 records
Sicklefin Mullet
1,426 records
Leaping African Mullet
661 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.