Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Mugilomorphae
Ordo: Mugiliformes
Familia: Mugilidae
Subfamilia: Mugilinae
Genus: Mugil
Species: M. bananensis – M. brevirostris – M. broussonnetii – M. capurrii – M. cephalus – M. curema – M. curvidens – M. dussumieri – M. galapagensis – M. gyrans – M. hospes – M. incilis – M. liza – M. margaritae – M. rammelsbergii – M. rubrioculus – M. setosus – M. soiuy – M. trichodon
Name
Mugil Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: masculine
Type species: Mugil cephalus
Fixation: monotypy
References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 316. Open access Reference page.
Britzke, R., Menezes, N.A. & Nirchio, M. 2019. Redescription of Mugil setosus Gilbert 1892 with comments on the occurrence of Mugil curema Valenciennes 1836 in the Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mugilidae). Zootaxa 4671(1): 296–406. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.1.5 Paywall Reference page.
Heras, S., Maltagliati, F., Fernández, M.V. & Roldán, M.I. 2016 (Online 2015). Shaken not stirred: a molecular contribution to the systematics of genus Mugil (Teleostei, Mugilidae). Integrative Zoology 11(4): 263–281. DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12173 Paywall. Reference page.
Menezes, N.A.; De Oliveira, C.; Nirchio, M. 2010: An old taxonomic dilemma: the identity of the western south Atlantic lebranche mullet (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mugilidae). Zootaxa, 2519: 59–68. Preview
Menezes, N.A., Nirchio, M., Oliveira, C. de & 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.1.1. Reference page.
Menezes, N.A., Nirchio, M., Oliveira, C. de & Siccharamirez, R. 2015: NAÉRCIO A. MENEZES, MAURO NIRCHIO & CLÁUDIO DE OLIVEIRA & RAQUEL SICCHARAMIREZ (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): 001–038. ERRATUM. Zootaxa 3941(4): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.11. Full article PDF Reference page.
Links
Mugil in the World Register of Marine Species
Taxon identifiers
Wikidata: Q631692 ADW: Mugil AFD: Mugil BOLD: 3628 CoL: 5VL8 EPPO: 1MUGIG Fauna Europaea: 304786 Fauna Europaea (2): da202e09-59fd-4f66-a874-06861a7294c4 Fossilworks: 36090 GBIF: 2369363 iNaturalist: 54662 IRMNG: 1196932 NBN: NBNSYS0000184373 NCBI: 8190 NZOR: c81f5f0d-35d5-4df8-8af6-4ae4e3fd8309 Plazi: 7FB62BD8-A720-A5FE-CE84-E8E5EEACECAE WoRMS: 126032 ZooBank: 0DA7099C-7FD3-4B0B-B72B-5496A4060D6F
Vernacular names
English: Mullet
español: Lisa
galego: Muxe
italiano: Cefalo
日本語: ボラ属
русский: Кефаль
vèneto: Bosega
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.
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 (Fantail mullet)
References
Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Mugil in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.1.1. PMID 25781080.
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