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Mugil

Osteichthyes - 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).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-10-27

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
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderMugilomorphae
orderMugiliformes
familyMugilidaeJarocki 1822
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France M. sp. (222677)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Russian Federation M. latus (186461)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) M. princeps (113682)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Paraguana) M. cephalus (118106)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Azerbaijan M. karaganicus (116636)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela (Falcon) M. cephalus (161210)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Russian Federation (Goryachii) M. minax (211239)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama M. sp. (145520)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) M. ornatus (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy M. sp., M. cephalus (220507)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Emilia-Romagna) M. sp. (210236)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica M. sp. (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) M. sp. (22712)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. sp. (227368)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) M. sp. (20400 20402)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) M. sp. (58089)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) M. sp. (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) M. cephalus (236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) M. sp. (20604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal (Faro) M. cephalus (276394)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) M. sp. (227371)