17 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) |
| Mugil bananensis |
Banana mullet |
Myxus bananensis Pellegrin, 1927 |
| Mugil broussonnetii |
Broussonnet's mullet |
Mugil broussonnetii Valenciennes, 1836; Myxus malayanus Herre, 1936 |
| Mugil capurrii |
Narrowhead grey mullet |
Mugil monodi Chabanaud, 1926; Myxus capurrii Perugia, 1892 |
| Mugil cephalus |
Flathead mullet |
Mugil our Forsskål, 1775; Mugil provensalis Risso, 1810; Mugil tang Bloch, 1794; Mugil japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845; Mugil lineatus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil mexicanus Steindachner, 1876; Myxus pacificus Steindachner, 1900; Mugil ashanteensis Bleeker, 1863; Mugil albula Linnaeus, 1766; Myxus superficialis Klunzinger, 1870; Mugil dobula Günther, 1861; Mugil gelatinosus Klunzinger, 1872; Mugil grandis Castelnau, 1879; Mugil hypselosoma Ogilby, 1897; Mugil muelleri Klunzinger, 1880; Mugil mulleri Klunzinger, 1880; Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873; Mugil crenilabis our Forsskål, 1775; Mugil cephalotus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil cephalus ashanteensis Bleeker, 1863; Myxus caecutiens Günther, 1876; Myxus barnardi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1914; Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Mugil curema |
White mullet |
Myxus harengus Günther, 1861; Mugil metzelaari Chabanaud, 1926; Mugil petrosus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 |
| Mugil curvidens |
Dwarf mullet |
Mugil curvidens Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil longicauda Guitart Manday & Alvarez-Lajonchere, 1976 |
| Mugil gaimardianus |
|
Mugil gaimardianus Desmarest, 1831 |
| Mugil galapagensis |
Galapagos mullet |
Mugil galapagensis Ebeling, 1961 |
| Mugil gyrans |
Fantail mullet |
Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 |
| Mugil hospes |
Hospe mullet |
Mugil hospes Jordan & Culver, 1895 |
| Mugil incilis |
Parassi mullet |
Mugil guentheri Steindachner, 1866; Mugil incilis Hancock, 1830 |
| Mugil liza |
Liza |
Mugil lebranchus Poey, 1860; Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 |
| Mugil platanus |
|
Mugil platanus Günther, 1880 |
| Mugil rammelsbergii |
Mullet |
Mugil rammelsbergii Tschudi, 1846 |
| Mugil setosus |
Liseta mullet |
Mugil setosus Gilbert, 1892 |
| Mugil soiuy |
So-iuy mullet |
Liza borealis Popov, 1930; Liza joyneri borealis Popov, 1930; Liza menada borealis Popov, 1930; Mugil soiuy Basilewsky, 1855 |
| Mugil trichodon |
|
Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875 |
