Mugil
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present[1]
Mugil cephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Mugil
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Mugil cephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

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]

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Mugil in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. ^ a b 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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