Osteomugil

Osteomugil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Osteomugil
Luther, 1982

Osteomugil is a genus of mugilid mullets found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, including estuaries and rivers. They were formerly included in Moolgarda and Valamugil.[1][2]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Osteomugil cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) (Longarm mullet)
  • Osteomugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858) (Kanda)
  • Osteomugil perusii (Valenciennes, 1836) (Longfinned mullet)
  • Osteomugil robustus (Günther, 1861) (Robust mullet)

References

  1. Durand, J.-D., Shen, K.-N., Chen, W.-J., Jamandre, B.-W., Blel, H., Diop, K., et al. 2012. Systematics of the grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugiliformes: Mugilidae): molecular phylogenetic evidence challenges two centuries of morphology-based taxonomy. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 64, 73–92. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.006
  2. Durand, J.-D., W.-J. Chen, K.-N. Shen, C. Fu, & P. Borsa. 2012. Genus-level taxonomic changes implied b mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 335: 687-697.
  3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Moolgarda in FishBase. September 2015 version.


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