Mugilidae

Mugil cephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mugiliformes

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

Subfamiliae: Cheloninae - Mugilinae - Myxinae - Rhinomugilinae

Genera (19): Agonostomus – Aldrichetta – Cestraeus – Chaenomugil – Chelon – Crenimugil – Joturus – Liza – Moolgarda – Mugil – Myxus – Neomyxus – Oedalechilus – Paramugil – Rhinomugil – Sicamugil – Trachystoma – Valamugil – Xenomugil

Name

Mugilidae Jarocki, 1822

• Type genus: Mugil Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Lépidopomes Duméril, 1805:142
• Cyrtocephala Goldfuss, 1820:VI, 32
• Mugiloides Jarocki, 1822:27
• Agonostominae Jordan & Evermann, 1896:809
  • Agonostomatidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
• Mugiloididae Jordan, 1923:229
• Cestraeinae Popov, 1931:124

References

• Harrison, I. J. 2003 (dated 2002). Mugilidae (1071–1085). In K. E. Carpenter (Ed.), The living marine resources of the western central Atlantic, FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. Vol. 2. FAO, Rome. [1]
• Jarocki, F.P. 1822. Zoologiia czyli zwiérzetopismo ogólne podlug náynowszego systematu ułożone. T.4: Ryby. Drukarni Łątkiewicza, Warszawa (Warsaw). 4: i-iv + 1- 464 + i-xxvii, 4 pls. Full book Reference page. 
• Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.
• Tran Thi Viet Thanh, Phan Ke Long & Deivasisamani, B., 2015: The taxonomy key for Mugilidae in Vietnam. Tap Chi Sinh Hoc, 37 (1)Reference page. 
• Wainwright, P.C., Smith, W.L., Price, S.A., Tang, K.L., Ferry, L.A., Sparks, J.S. & Near, T.J. 2012. The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in labroid fishes and beyond. Systematic biology 61(6): 1001–1027. (PDF) DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys060 Reference page. 
• Xia, R., Durand, J.-D. & Fu, C. 2016. Multilocus resolution of Mugilidae phylogeny (Teleostei: Mugiliformes): Implications for the family’s taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 96: 161–177. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.010 Reference page. 

Links

• Mugilidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Genera of Mugilidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Mugilidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Harders
беларуская: Кефалевыя
čeština: Cípalovití
dansk: Multe
Deutsch: Meeräschen
English: Mullet
Ido: Surmuleto
日本語: ボラ科
한국어: 숭어과
lietuvių: Kefalžuvės
Nederlands: Harders
polski: Mugilowate, Cefalowate
português: Tainha
ไทย: ปลากระบอก, ปลาละเมาะ

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