Mugil
| Mugil Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present[1] | |
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| Mugil cephalus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Mugil Linnaeus, 1758 |
Mugil is a genus of mullet in the family Mugilidae.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
- Mugil bananensis Pellegrin, 1927 (Banana mullet)
- Mugil brevirostris A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 [2]
- 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 margaritae Menezes, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira & Siccha-Ramirez, 2015 [2]
- Mugil rubrioculus I. J. Harrison, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira, Ron & Gaviria, 2007
- Mugil setosus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Liseta mullet)
- Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology, 364: p.560.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.