Alex Mustard / A shoal of Golden grey mullet (Liza aurata) swim in the surf breaking on the shore of El Hierro Island. Canary Islands, Spain. East Atlantic Ocean.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) portrait, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Pete Oxford / Yellow-tailed mullet (Mugil rammelsbergii) feeding on plankton just below the surface, off Wolf Island Galapagos Islands

Tui De Roy / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) catching mullet underwater, Turtle Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Doug Perrine / Hunting coalition of Blue goatfish / Gold-saddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) with Bluefin jacks (Caranx melampygus) and a Pacific trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) foraging in reef crevices bel...

Doug Perrine / Hunting coalition of Blue goatfish ( Parupeneus cyclostomus ) with Bluefin jacks ( Caranx melampygus ) Kohanaiki, North Kona, Hawaii. The goatfish probe inside coral crevices using sensory barbels whi...

Claudio Contreras / Spotted goatfish (Pseudopeneus maculatus) feeding, Cozumel Island, Caribbean Sea, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Spotted Goatfish (Pseudopeneus maculatus) feeding, Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean region, Mexico, May

Doug Perrine / Striped mullet (Mugil cephalus), two feeding by surface skimming. Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, USA.

Doug Perrine / Striped mullet (Mugil cephalus), two feeding by surface skimming. Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, USA.

Chris Shields / Illustration of Thick-lipped mullet (Chelon labrosus)

David Fleetham / Dash-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus) Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) is mouth wide to be inspected by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, on a reef off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) shoal hovering over the reef, Hawaii.

Dimitris Poursanidis / Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis) female and three striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) swim above little neptune seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa), Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, G...

Dimitris Poursanidis / A school of striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) swim over seagrass meadow, Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Fred Olivier / School of Yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis), Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

Fred Olivier / Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) predating on a Goatfish (Upeneus), Ningaloo Reef, Solomon Islands.

Fred Olivier / Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) predating on a Goatfish (Upeneus), Ningaloo Reef, Solomon Islands.

John Chan / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) taking flight with a partially eaten Mullet (Mugilidae), Southern California, USA.

John Chan / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) feeding on a Mullet (Mugilidae), Southern California, USA.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Artificial reefs packed with Goatfish (Mullidae) Green Island, a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean , Taiwan

Pascal Kobeh / Striped / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) looking for food with its chin barbels out, Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / Red stripped mullet (Mullus surmuletus) foraging, Azores, Atlantic ocean.

Robert Valentic / Land Mullet skink (Bellatorias major) basking, Coffs Harbour in north-eastern NSW, Australia.

Georgette Douwma / Freckled goatfish (Upeneus tragula). North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Freckled goatfish (Upeneus tragula). North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

David Fleetham / Yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooling in underwater cave, diver in background. Kauai, Hawaii. March 2017. Model released.

David Fleetham / Yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus), three foraging in sand for prey. Hawaii.

Linda Pitkin / Yellowsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) on coral reef, Small Passage, Gulf of Suez, Egypt, Red Sea.

Linda Pitkin / Yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis), school on coral reef. Sha'ab Claudio, Fury Shoal, Egypt, Southern Red Sea.

Linda Pitkin / Yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis), school on coral reef. Sha'ab Claudio, Fury Shoal, Egypt, Southern Red Sea.

Linda Pitkin / Yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis), school on coral reef. Sha'ab Claudio, Fury Shoal, Egypt, Southern Red Sea.

Linda Pitkin / Yellow goatfish (Mulloidichthys martinicus), by Grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) Bonaire: Captain Don's Habitat, House Reef, February

Jordi Chias / Yellowfin goatfish (Mulloides vanicolensis) inside lagoon Toau Atoll, Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.

Michel Roggo / Striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) in Fanning Springs State Park, Florida, USA. March. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Michel Roggo / Striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) at boundary of clear water of Fanning Springs and red water of the Suwannee River, Fanning Springs State Park, Florida, USA. March 2011. Photographed for The Freshwater...

Graham Eaton / Angler fishing at dusk in sea surf. Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) are often caught as they hunt for food churned up by waves, Porth Ceiriad, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, December 2016.

Graham Eaton / Angler fishing at dusk in sea surf. Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) are often caught as they hunt for food churned up by waves, Porth Ceiriad, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, December 2016.

Lynn M. Stone / Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) stalking ghost crabs on sand dune. Mullet Key, Tampa Bay, St, Petersburg, Florida, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / Reddish egret (Egretta rufescens) caught by a breaking wave while chasing small fish, in characteristic open-swing stance. Mullet Key, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / Black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola), moulting into breeding plumage, at edge of salt marsh. Mullet Key, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / Pair of Laughing gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla) feeding on dead fish. Mullet Key, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Lynn M. Stone / Pair of Royal terns (Thalasseus maximus) on beach displaying mating behaviour. Mullet Key, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / Pair of Royal terns (Thalasseus maximus) on beach displaying mating behaviour. Mullet Key, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

LYNN M. STONE / RF - Royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) with fish, landing on beach. Mullet Key, St Petersburg. Florida, USA. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

LYNN M. STONE / RF - Royal tern (Thalasseus maxima) offering fish to female as part of courtship. Mullet Key, St Petersburg. Florida, USA. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

LYNN M. STONE / RF - Reddish egret (Egretta rufescens) hunting small fish in open-swing stance. Mullet Key, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty fr...