Biology:Mugil

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Mugil
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present[1]
Mugil cephalus Minorca.jpg
Mugil cephalus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Mugil
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Mugil cephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Arnion Gistel, 1848
  • Ello Gistel, 1848
  • Querimana D.S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
  • Xenomugil Schultz, 1946

Mugil is a genus of mullet in the family Mugilidae found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal marine waters, but also entering estuaries and rivers.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Mugil bananensis Pellegrin, 1927 (Banana mullet)
  • Mugil brevirostris A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 [3]
  • Mugil broussonnetii Valenciennes, 1836 (Broussonnet's mullet)
  • Mugil capurrii Perugia, 1892 (Leaping African mullet)
  • Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Flathead grey mullet)
  • Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 (White mullet)
  • Mugil curvidens Valenciennes, 1836 (Dwarf mullet)
  • Mugil gaimardianus Desmarest, 1831 (Redeye mullet)
  • Mugil galapagensis Ebeling, 1961 (Galapagos mullet)
  • Mugil hospes D. S. Jordan & Culver, 1895 (Hospe mullet)
  • Mugil incilis Hancock, 1830 (Parassi mullet)
  • Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 (Lebranche mullet)
  • Mugil longicauda Guitart & Alvarez-Lojonchere, 1976
  • Mugil margaritae Menezes, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira & Siccha-Ramirez, 2015 [3]
  • Mugil rubrioculus I. J. Harrison, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira, Ron & Gaviria, 2007
  • Mugil setosus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Liseta mullet)
  • Mugil thoburni D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1896 (Thoburn's mullet)
  • Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875 (Fantail mullet)

References

  1. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Mugil in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Menezes, N.A.; Nirchio, M.; De Oliveira, C.; Siccharamirez, R. (2015). "Taxonomic review of the species of Mugil (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mugilidae) from the Atlantic South Caribbean and South America, with integration of morphological, cytogenetic and molecular data". Zootaxa 3918 (1): 1–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.1.1. PMID 25781080. 

Wikidata ☰ Q631692 entry