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Mugil

Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae

Taxonomy
Mugil was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mugilidae by Arambourg (1927), Danil'chenko (1960), Stringer (1998), Carnevale et al. (2006), Gaudant et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mugil Linnaeus p. 316
1927Mugil Arambourg p. 71
1960Mugil Danil'chenko p. 103
1998Mugil Stringer p. 150
2002Mugil Sepkoski
2006Mugil Carnevale et al. p. 687
2018Mugil Gaudant et al. p. 467

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Ovalentariae
Mugilomorphae
orderMugiliformes
familyMugilidae
genusMugil

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Mugil Linnaeus 1758
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Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758
Mugil latus Svitshenskaja 1957
Mugil minax Bogatshev 1933
Mugil ornatus Arambourg 1927
Mugil princeps Agassiz 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available