Parassi Mullet

A silvery, schooling fish found in shallow coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons of the southern Caribbean and northern South America, often seen near the surface in tight groups over sand or mud bottoms. Mullets are commonly observed leaping clear of the water, a behaviour thought to relate to oxygenation or predator avoidance, which makes shallow, calm inshore water at dawn or dusk a good time to watch them. Look along mangrove-fringed shorelines and estuary mouths where schools gather to feed on algae and detritus.