Common Mullets
Mugil
Mugil is a genus of mullets in the family Mugilidae. Members of Mugil are found worldwide in tropical, subtropical, and temperate coastal marine waters, but they may also enter estuaries and rivers.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 17 known species
Sea Mullet
speciesMugil cephalus
White Mullet
speciesMugil curema
Thoburn's Mullet
speciesMugil thoburni
Redeye Mullet
speciesMugil rubrioculus
Liseta Mullet
speciesMugil setosus
Lebranche Mullet
speciesMugil liza
Parassi Mullet
speciesMugil incilis
Whirligig Mullet
speciesMugil trichodon
Cananéia Mullet
speciesMugil brevirostris
Banana Mullet
speciesMugil bananensis
Dwarf Mullet
speciesMugil curvidens
Hospe Mullet
speciesMugil hospes
Broussonnet's Mullet
speciesMugil broussonnetii
Leaping African Mullet
speciesMugil capurrii
Longtail Mullet
speciesMugil longicauda
Diapse ptilota
speciesDiapse ptilota
Margarita Mullet
speciesMugil margaritae
Mugil cephalus × curema
hybridMugil cephalus × curema
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.440
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.834
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.234
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.288
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.444
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.437
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.440
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.673
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.557
In the stacks
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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 54662.