DUNGLISON, Robley (1844). On the influence of atmosphere and locality; change of air and climate ... on human health; constituting elements of hygiène. Philadelphia, USA: Lea & Blanchard. p. 232. 475 páginas «the prices paid for the mullus surmuletus are characteristic of the luxury and gastronomy of the times. It was obtained from Sicily or Corsica ; was highly prized , and therefore immensely expensive. Octavius is said to have purchased one for five thousand sestertii , upwards of one hundred and eighty dollars. Seneca , Juvenal and Tertullian mention others sold at six thousand sestertii-about two hundred and fifteen dollars. Asinius Celer, according to Macrobius, bought one for seven thousand H. S.—about two hundred and fifty dollars ; others were sold for eight thousand H. S ., - upwards of two hundred and eighty dollars : and Suetonius remarks that the emperor Tiberius complained bitterly , that three mullets had been sold for more than thirty thousand sestertii ,-one thousand and seventy dollars. The following anecdote is told of this emperor. A mullet, of an extraordinary size - weighing fifty pounds - having been given to him , he sent it to the market, observing, that, if he was not deceived , either Apicius, or Octavius would purchase it , nor was he mistaken. The two gourmands bade against each other, and it was ultimately knocked down to Octavius, for five thousand sestertii—about one hundred and eighty dollars»
Kent Carpenter (IUCN SSC Global Marine Species Assessment, Old Dominion University; Smith-Vaniz (??), William F.; Projects), Luis Tito de Morais (GIBAO and AMPHORE; Gabon), Godfroy de Bruyne (WCS (14 de julho de 2014). «IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mullus surmuletus». IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Consultado em 14 de novembro de 2021
