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

Mugilidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

mullets subjective synonym

Children

Chelon Artedi in Röse, 1793
Liza Jordan & Swain, 1884
Mugil Linnaeus, 1758
Oedalechilus Fowler, 1903

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): multefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: harder sources: Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996: Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten
 English: mullets sources: MASDEA (1997).
 French: mulet sources: Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996: Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten
 German: Meeräschen sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee
 Norwegian: multefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: multefamilien
 Norwegian Nynorsk: multefamilien
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): multefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: multar

Literature

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

Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

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External Links

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Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Mugilidae. 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:125546

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Mugilidae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=12073

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2009-06-05 by Dr Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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