Mugil

Mugil
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to present
Mugil cephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Mugil
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Mugil cephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Mugil is a genus of mullets in the family Mugilidae. Members of Mugil are found worldwide in tropical, subtropical, and temperate coastal marine waters, but they may also enter estuaries and rivers.

Species

Currently, 16 species in this genus are recognized:

The oldest known member of the family is †Mugil princeps Agassiz, 1843 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.

References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mugil". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Neves, Jessika M. M.; Almeida, JoÃo P. F. A.; Sturaro, Marcelo J.; FabrÉ, Nidia N.; Pereira, Ricardo J.; Mott, TamÍ (2020-02-17). "Deep genetic divergence and paraphyly in cryptic species of Mugil fishes (Actinopterygii: Mugilidae)". Systematics and Biodiversity. 18 (2): 116–128. doi:10.1080/14772000.2020.1729892. ISSN 1477-2000.
  5. ↑ Gaudant, Jean; Nel, André; Nury, Denise; Véran, Monette; Carnevale, Giorgio (2018-08-01). "The uppermost Oligocene of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France): A Cenozoic brackish subtropical Konservat-Lagerstätte, with fishes, insects and plants". Comptes Rendus Palevol. Lagerstätten 2: Exceptionally preserved fossils Lagerstätten 2 : fossiles à conservation exceptionnelle. 17 (7): 460–478. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2017.08.002. ISSN 1631-0683.