Moolgarda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Moolgarda
Whitley, 1945

Moolgarda is a genus of mugilid mullets found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, including estuaries and rivers.

Species

The type species, Moolgarda pura, may be a synonym of Crenimugil buchanani (the bluetail mullet). If so, Moolgarda is a junior synonym of Crenimugil. Whitley also considered the thinlip mullet the closest relative of Moolgarda pura.[1] Another species included in this genus is the longfin mullet (Moolgarda pedaraki), FishBase classifies this species within the genus Crenimugil rather than in Mooldgarda, which if correct makes Moolgardia a synonym of that genus.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gonzalez-Castro and Ghasemzadeh, 2015. Morphology and Morphometry Based Taxonomy of Mugilidae. pp. 1-22. Crosetti and Blaber (eds.). In: Biology, Ecology and Culture of Grey Mullet (Mugilidae). Taylor & Francis Group: London.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Crenimugil in FishBase. February 2021 version.
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