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Mullidae

Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Mullidae

Taxonomy
Mullidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Kurtiformes by Jordan (1963); to Mulloidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Perciformes by Danil'chenko (1980) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Mullidae Jordan p. 700
1980Mullidae Danil'chenko p. 138
2013Mullidae Betancur et al.
2016Mullidae Nelson et al. p. 436

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Scombrimorpharia
orderSyngnathiformes
suborderMulloidei
familyMullidae
familyMullidae

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.

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G. Mullus Linnaeus 1758
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Mullus bifurcatus Strashimirov 1972
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Invalid names: Mullus fuscatus Rafinesque 1966 [synonym]
Mullus elongatus Steurbaut 1984
Mullus moldavicus Switchenska 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available