Moolgarda
| Moolgarda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Moolgarda Whitley, 1945 |
| Type species | |
| Moolgarda pura | |
| Synonyms | |
Moolgarda is a genus of mugilid mullets found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, including estuaries and rivers.
The genus has had a difficult and complicated history. The genus has been considered as a nomen dubium in the past, which has led to complications with its priority over Crenimugil and Valamugil. Whitley considered the thinlip mullet the closest relative of Moolgarda pura. This article follows the most recent work (Bogorodsky et al., 2024).
Species
The current species in the genus are:
- Moolgarda cirrhostoma (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) incertae sedis
- Moolgarda crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775) (Fringelip mullet)
- Moolgarda cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) (Longarm mullet)
- Moolgarda delicata (Alleyne & Macleay, 1877)
- Moolgarda heterocheilos (Bleeker, 1855) (Half fringelip mullet)
- Moolgarda seheli (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespot mullet)
- Moolgarda tade (Fabricius, 1775)
- Synonyms
- Moolgarda buchanani (Bleeker, 1853); valid as M. tade
- Moolgarda malabarica (Shaw, 1804); valid as M. tade
- Moolgarda pedaraki (Valenciennes, 1836); valid as M. tade
- Moolgarda pura Whitley, 1945; valid as M. seheli
References
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Mugilidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ Gonzalez-Castro and Ghasemzadeh (2015). "Morphology and Morphometry Based Taxonomy of Mugilidae". In Crosetti and Blaber (eds.). Biology, Ecology and Culture of Grey Mullet (Mugilidae). London: Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 1–22.
- ↑ Sergey V. Bogorodsky; Philipp Thieme; Hiroshi Senou; Zuheir N. Mahmoud; Tilman J. Alpermann; and Jean-Dominique Durand (2024). "Contributions to the Taxonomy of the Mugilid Genus Moolgarda Whitley (Teleostei: Mugilidae), with Redescriptions of M. crenilabis, M. seheli and M. tade from the Red Sea". Diversity. 16 (6). doi:10.3390/d16060325.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Moolgarda". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Moolgarda". FishBase. August 2026 version.
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