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Mugilidae

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Description

The mullets or grey mullets are a family (Mugilidae) of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times. The family includes about 78 species in 20 genera.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugilidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8473	https://www.gbif.org/species/8473
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	266192	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=266192

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Mugiliformes : Mugilidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Mugiliformes : Mugilidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Neopterygii
-	Teleosteomorpha	Arratia et al. 2004
-	Teleostei
-	Osteoglossocephalai
-	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
-	Euteleosteomorpha
-	Neoteleostei	Rosen 1973
-	Eurypterygia
-	Ctenosquamata
-	Acanthomorphata
-	Euacanthomorphacea
-	Percomorphaceae
-	Carangimorpharia
-	Ovalentariae
-	Mugilomorphae
order	Mugiliformes
family	Mugilidae

Scientific Name

Mugilidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mugilidae	family	belongs to Percesoces	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Mugilidae	family	belongs to Mugiliformes	stated without evidence	Danil'chenko, 1960
Mugilidae	family	belongs to Percesoces	stated without evidence	Jordan, 1963
Mugilidae	family	belongs to Mugiliformes	stated without evidence	Fierstine et al., 2012
Mugilidae	family	belongs to Mugiliformes	stated with evidence	Betancur-R et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (44%)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Acanthomorphata)

Diet

omnivore (based on Acanthomorphata)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. Betancur-R., R. E. Broughton, and E. O. Wiley, K. Carpenter, J. A. López, C. Li, N. I. Holcroft, D. Arcila, M. Sanciangco, J. C. Cureton, F. Zhang, T. Buser, M. A. Campbell, J. A. Ballesteros, A. Roa-Varon, S. Willis, W. C. Borden, T. Rowley, P. C. Reneau, G. Lu, T. Grande, G. Arratia, G. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life

Common Name(s)

Multar, Multfiskar, Harders, Grey Mullets, Mullets, Muges, Lisas, Meeräsche, Meeräschen, Harder, Mulet, Multefamilien, ボラ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugilidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Agonostomus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aldrichetta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cestraeus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chaenomugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chelon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.8 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Crenimugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dajaus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ellochelon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gracilimugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Joturus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Liza genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Moolgarda genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mugil genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Myxus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neochelon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neomyxus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oedalechilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Osteomugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parachelon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paramugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Planiliza genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plicomugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomyxus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhinomugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sicamugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Squalomugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Syllaemus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Trachystoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Valamugil genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Mugiloididae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Mugiliformes : Mugiloididae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1902	Mugilidae Hay p. 399
1960	Mugilidae Danil'chenko p. 103
1963	Mugilidae Jordan p. 678
2012	Mugilidae Fierstine et al. p. 81
2013	Mugilidae Betancur-R. et al.

References

Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Danil'chenko P. G. (1960) Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 78, 1-247

Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816

Fierstine H. L., Huddleston R. W., et al (2012) Catalog of the Neogene bony fishes of California: A ystematic inventory of all published accounts, Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 159, 1-206

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) World Register of Marine Species - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species

Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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