Mullets
Mugilidae
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.
24 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 76 known species
Common Mullets
genusMugil
Chelon
genusChelon
Boxlip Mullets
genusOedalechilus
Squaretail Mullets
genusEllochelon
Yelloweye Mullets
genusAldrichetta
Moolgarda
genusMoolgarda
Mountain Mullets
genusDajaus
Planiliza
genusPlaniliza
Sand Mullets
genusMyxus
Sharpnose Mullets
genusNeomyxus
Largescaled Mullets
genusParachelon
Osteomugil
genusOsteomugil
Rhinomugil
genusRhinomugil
Fringe-lip Mullets
genusPlicomugil
Snouted Mullets
genusChaenomugil
Goldspot Mullets
genusGracilimugil
Paramugil
genusParamugil
Pinkeye Mullets
genusTrachystoma
Freshwater Mullets
genusPseudomyxus
Sicklefin Mullets
genusNeochelon
Bobo Mullets
genusJoturus
Sicamugil
genusSicamugil
Cestraeus
genusCestraeus
Agonostomus
genusAgonostomus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54661.