Species sheet · The Edible Ocean
Thinlip grey mullet
A slender mullet with a fine snout.
- Whole fried
- Grilled with lemon
- In fish soup
- In French
- Mulet porc
- Scientific name
- Chelon ramada
- In the water
- A coastal fish of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, schooling in shallow and brackish waters to 20 m.
- Season & buying
- Summer and autumn; specimens are then nicely fatty.
- Common length
- ~35 cm
- How to identify it
- Pointed snout and thin lips
Grey-green back with dark bands
Forked tail
On the plate
Fine, lean flesh with a delicate briny taste.
Avoid: Grilling too fiercely; the fine flesh dries quickly.
Thin-lipped mullet is often mixed with other mullets in trade, though its snout is more tapered.
In Umay recipes
One Umay recipe calls for it.
