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:
- Mugil bananensis <small>Pellegrin, 1927</small> (Banana mullet)
- Mugil brevirostris <small>A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915</small>
- Mugil broussonnetii <small>Valenciennes, 1836</small> (Broussonnet's mullet)
- Mugil capurrii <small>Perugia, 1892</small> (Leaping African mullet)
- Mugil cephalus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Flathead grey mullet)
- Mugil curema <small>Valenciennes, 1836</small> (White mullet)
- Mugil curvidens <small>Valenciennes, 1836</small> (Dwarf mullet)
- Mugil gaimardianus <small>Desmarest, 1831</small> (Redeye mullet)
- Mugil galapagensis <small>Ebeling, 1961</small> (Galapagos mullet)
- Mugil hospes <small>D. S. Jordan & Culver, 1895</small> (Hospe mullet)
- Mugil incilis <small>Hancock, 1830</small> (Parassi mullet)
- Mugil liza <small>Valenciennes, 1836</small> (Lebranche mullet)
- Mugil longicauda <small>Guitart & Alvarez-Lojonchere, 1976</small>
- Mugil margaritae <small>Menezes, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira & Siccha-Ramirez, 2015</small>
- Mugil rubrioculus <small>I. J. Harrison, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira, Ron & Gaviria, 2007</small>
- Mugil setosus <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1892</small> (Liseta mullet)
- Mugil thoburni <small>D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1896</small> (Thoburn's mullet)
- Mugil trichodon <small>Poey, 1875</small> (Fantail mullet)
The oldest known member of the family is â Mugil princeps <small>Agassiz, 1843</small> from the latest Oligocene-aged Aix-en-Provence Formation of France. When calibrated with this fossil species, molecular phylogenies suggest that the modern evolutionary radiation of Mugil arose about 30 million years ago.
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