Mugil

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.

Mugil Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Present[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Mugil cephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Mugiliformes
Family:	Mugilidae
Genus:	Mugil Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Arnion Gistel, 1848 Ello Gistel, 1848 Querimana D.S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 Xenomugil Schultz, 1946

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Mugil bananensis Pellegrin, 1927 (Banana mullet)
• Mugil brevirostris A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 ^[3]
• Mugil broussonnetii Valenciennes, 1836 (Broussonnet's mullet)
• Mugil capurrii Perugia, 1892 (Leaping African mullet)
• Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Flathead grey mullet)
• Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 (White mullet)
• Mugil curvidens Valenciennes, 1836 (Dwarf mullet)
• Mugil gaimardianus Desmarest, 1831 (Redeye mullet)
• Mugil galapagensis Ebeling, 1961 (Galapagos mullet)
• Mugil hospes D. S. Jordan & Culver, 1895 (Hospe mullet)
• Mugil incilis Hancock, 1830 (Parassi mullet)
• Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 (Lebranche mullet)
• Mugil longicauda Guitart & Alvarez-Lojonchere, 1976
• Mugil margaritae Menezes, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira & Siccha-Ramirez, 2015 ^[3]
• Mugil rubrioculus I. J. Harrison, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira, Ron & Gaviria, 2007
• Mugil setosus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Liseta mullet)
• Mugil thoburni D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1896 (Thoburn's mullet)
• Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875 (Fantail mullet)

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.^[4][5]