Mugil

Mugil; Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Mugil cephalus
Scientific classification
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

References

Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Mugil in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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.

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[1] Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Mugil in FishBase. June 2018 version.

[Menezes2015-3] 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.