Yelloweye Mullet

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Aldrichetta forsteri

Yelloweye Mullet, a reference photo
Photo: StellaMcQ · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Yellow-eye mullet (Aldrichetta forsteri), are small, near-shore fish found in temperate waters of southern Australia from just north of Sydney, New South Wales to Shark Bay in Western Australia, around Tasmania, and New Zealand. Others names are Coorong mullet (after the Coorong area of South Australia), conmuri, estuary mullet, Forster's mullet, freshwater mullet, pilch, pilchard, Victor Harbor mullet, yelloweye and yellow-eyed mullet.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Yelloweye Mullet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Mugiliformes
Family
Mugilidae
Species
Aldrichetta forsteri

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