Mugil

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.

Mugil
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present[1]
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

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