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Mugiliformes

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Mugiliformes
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Mugiliformes is a small order of percomorph fish in the clade Ovalentaria.[1][2]

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This order is recognized by the Catalog of Fishes (2025). It contains only two families:[3][4]

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Agassiz's perchlet (Pseudombassis agassizii)

Until recently, this order was restricted to only the mullets, but phylogenetic studies support the Asiatic glassfishes (previously placed as incertae sedis within the Ovalentaria)[6] being their closest relatives. The order is thought to be the sister group to the Blenniiformes. Other authors instead treat this order as a clade within an expanded Blenniiformes, and also find the Congrogadidae to be allied with the mullet-glassfish clade.[7]

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