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Mugilomorphae

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Mugilomorpha was named as an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Mugilomorphae by Betancur et al. (2013); it was reranked as the superorder Mugilomorphae by van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Acanthopterygii by Long (2011); to Ovalentariae by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Ovalentaria by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Mugilomorpha Long p. 243
2013Mugilomorphae Betancur et al.
2019Mugilomorphae van der Laan p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderMugilomorphae
superorderMugilomorphae

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.

Superor. Mugilomorphae
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Fm. Mugilidae Jarocki 1822
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G. Aldrichetta Whitley 1945
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Aldrichetta forsteri Valenciennes 1836
G. †Chelon Artedi 1793
G. Liza Jordan and Swain 1884
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Liza brevirostris Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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
G. †Mugilidarum Unknown
G. †Pelecorapis Cope 1874
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Pelecorapis berycinus Cope 1877
Pelecorapis varius Cope 1874
G. †Syllaemus Cope 1875
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Syllaemus anglicus Dixon 1850
Syllaemus latifrons Cope 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available