Crenimugil

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Crenimugil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Crenimugil

Crenimugil is one genus among 17 containing altogether about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family (Mugilidae) commonly known as mullet.

[edit] Species

  • Fringelip mullet Crenimugil crenilabis
  • Half fringelip mullet Crenimugil heterocheilos

2 species in this genus are recorded in Fishbase (March 2007). (Links in the following table are to Fishbase entries for species)

Species name (2007) Common name Nominal species (historic)
Crenimugil crenilabis Fringelip mullet Mugil fasciatus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil macrocheilus Bleeker, 1854; Mugil crenilabis Forsskål, 1775; Mugil lauvergnii Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850; Mugil neocalidonicus Castelnau, 1873; Mugil rueppellii Günther, 1861; Mugil ruppellii Günther, 1861; Oedalechilus cirrhostomus (Forster, 1801); Mugil cirrhostomus Forster, 1801
Crenimugil heterocheilos Half fringelip mullet Mugil heterocheilos Bleeker, 1855