### animal | vertebrate | fish:

Mullet
* Most mullet are elongate, have large scales, widely separated dorsal fins and a small mouth.
* Most mullets have fins
  - gizzards
  - heads
  - teeth
* Some mullets have flesh
  - oily flesh
  - strong stomachs
* Some mullets inhabit coastal marine water
* are fish.
* are part of human diet for thousands of years
* are the most important food fishes of the South Atlantic and Gulf states
  - only fish that, like chickens, have a gizzard that grinds vegetation for digestion
* bony fish
* form large schools when they travel from the spawning to the wintering habitats.
* have bases
  - origins
  - separate dorsal fins
  - cell membranes
  - fish scales
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - sterna
  - vertebrate feet
* reach sexual maturity at the age of two to four years.
* thrive in subtropical and tropical areas, densely populating Florida's Gulf Coast.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | mullet:

Striped mullet
* are able to reproduce at about three years of age
  - among the few fish species to possess such an organ
  - bluish green to grayish brown on the back and silver on the sides and belly
  - excellent bait fish
  - found in coastal tropical and warm temperate waters all around the world
  - neither threatened nor endangered
  - similar in appearance to white and fantail mullet
* have both commercial and recreational value.

Native fish
* Some native fish find in rivers.
* are part of natural food webs that have evolved over millions of years
  - silver to brownish yellow with four vertical black stripes and red fins and snout
* can complete their life cycles in other-than unspoiled, virgin habitat.
* seem less susceptible to wading bird predation than brightly colored ornamental fish.
* spend their entire life in the stream or river.

Nongame fish
* are environmental indicators or barometers of larger systems.
* can also belong to a group of animals known as keystone species.

Ocean fish
* Any ocean fish absorb fluoride into the bones.
* are 'swimming' through the night while madly burning
  - located in sea
* benefit from aquaculture, too.
* ride in with the tide to feed.

Oily fish
* are a great source of phosphorus too, a key mineral in strengthening the bone matrix
  - also rich in zinc, which helps prevent prostrate cancer in older men
* can help ward off cancer.
* is rich in protein, which provides amino acids.

Older fish
* are bigger and produce more eggs
  - more likely to have accumulated chemicals in their fatty tissues
  - mottled with black and brown and have a greenish dorsal fin with a black spot
  - prone to infections
* eat an assortment of insects, worms, crustaceans, and small fish
  - fishmeal pellets
* take mainly a variety of benthic invertebrates.

Pallid sturgeon
* have a unique prehistoric appearance.
* is fish
  - sturgeon
* look like they belong with the dinosaurs.
* prefer slow water adjacent to fast water.

Pan fish
* are active in the weeds
  - plentiful and can be fished year-around
  - the equal opportunity employers of the fishing world
* live everywhere.

Pelagic fish
* Many pelagic fish have reflector plates arranged vertically in the skin.
* fly living around drifting objects.
* live in the water column and epibenthic fish live near the bottom of the lake.