Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Mugiliformes > Family Mugilidae > Genus Mugil

Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mugil*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: cumraku; cumri; gushtaku; qefulli i verës sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Breton: meilh bihen sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Catalan: llissa llobarrera sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

Corsican: mazzardu; muzaru

English: flathead grey mullet; flathead mullet; grey mullet; striped mullet sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37;Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Flathead Grey Mullet; striped mullet sources: Charles Hussey;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Euskera: korrokoi bizkarbeltz; lazuna

French: meuille; muge; muge cephale; mulet à grosse tête; mulet cabot; petit mulet gris sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p

German: Großkopfmeeräsche sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κέφαλος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): קיפון בורי; קיפון גדול-ראש sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: cefalo sources: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural.

Lithuanian: didžiagalvė kefalė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: cefal pospolity sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: curimã; fataca; mugem sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Romanian: chefal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Кефаль лобан; лобан sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: glavati cipelj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: lisa rayada; mújol; pardete sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Turkish: has kefal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Кефаль лобань; Кефаль-лобан

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	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
additional source	Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
additional source	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (109 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (582 publications)
GenBank (916 nucleotides; 482 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126983

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304793