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Mugil  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170334

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Querimana Jordan and Gilbert, 1883
  
    Xenomugil Schultz, 1946
  
  Common Name(s): gray mullets [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderMugiliformes  – mullets  
                               FamilyMugilidae  – mullets, grey mullets, lisas, muges  
                                  GenusMugil Linnaeus, 1758 – gray mullets  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesMugil bananensis (Pellegrin, 1927)  
                                     SpeciesMugil broussonnetii Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836  
                                     SpeciesMugil capurrii (Perugia, 1892)  
                                     SpeciesMugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 – striped mullet, lisa, gray mullet, black mullet, lisa rayada 
                                     SpeciesMugil curema Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836 – white mullet, lisa blanca, silver mullet 
                                     SpeciesMugil curvidens Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836 – dwarf mullet, lisa enana 
                                     SpeciesMugil gaimardianus Desmarest in Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1831 – redeye mullet, lisa conejo 
                                     SpeciesMugil galapagensis Ebeling, 1961  
                                     SpeciesMugil gyrans (Jordan and Gilbert, 1884) – fantail mullet, whirligig mullet, lisa carrusel 
                                     SpeciesMugil hospes Jordan and Culver in Jordan, 1895 – hospe mullet, lisita, lisa hospe 
                                     SpeciesMugil incilis Hancock, 1830 – liseta, Parassi mullet, trench mullet 
                                     SpeciesMugil liza Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836 – liza, lebrancho 
                                     SpeciesMugil setosus Gilbert, 1892 – lisa liseta, liseta mullet 
                                     SpeciesMugil thoburni Jordan and Starks in Jordan and Evermann, 1896  
                                     SpeciesMugil trichodon Poey, 1875 – fantail mullet, lisa de abanico, lisa amarilla 
       
                                   GenusMugil Linnaeus, 1758 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                     SpeciesMugil longicauda Guitart Manday and Alvarez-Lajonchere, 1976 – rabúa 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes   
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Mugil    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 07-May-2004, website (version 05-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Mugil   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mugil   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Mugil   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.   
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mugil   
       

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