78 Species in Family Mugilidae
Nominal species list for Mugilidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Agonostomus catalai Pellegrin, 1932 Comoro mullet
Agonostomus telfairii Bennett, 1832 Fairy mullet
Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes, 1836) Yellow-eye mullet
Cestraeus goldiei (Macleay, 1883) Goldie river mullet
Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Valenciennes, 1836 Sharp-nosed river mullet
Cestraeus plicatilis Valenciennes, 1836 Lobed river mullet
Chaenomugil proboscideus (Günther, 1861) Snouted mullet
Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810) Golden grey mullet
Chelon bandialensis (Diouf, 1991) Diassanga Mullet
Chelon bispinosus (Bowdich, 1825) Cape Verde mullet
Chelon caeruleus Deef, 2018
Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870) Grooved mullet
Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) Thicklip grey mullet
Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827) Thinlip grey mullet
Chelon richardsonii (Smith, 1846) South African mullet
Chelon saliens (Risso, 1810) Leaping mullet
Chelon tricuspidens (Smith, 1935) Striped mullet
Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775) Fringelip mullet
Crenimugil heterocheilos (Bleeker, 1855) Half fringelip mullet
Crenimugil pedaraki (Valenciennes, 1836) Longfin mullet
Crenimugil seheli (Fabricius, 1775) Bluespot mullet
Crenimugil buchanani (Bleeker, 1853) Bluetail mullet
Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834) Mountain mullet
Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Squaretail mullet
Gracilimugil argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Flat-tail mullet
Joturus pichardi Poey, 1860 Bobo mullet
Minimugil cascasia (Hamilton, 1822) Yellowtail mullet
Mugil bananensis (Pellegrin, 1927) Banana mullet
Mugil brevirostris (Ribeiro, 1915)
Mugil broussonnetii Valenciennes, 1836 Broussonnet's mullet
Mugil capurrii (Perugia, 1892) Leaping African mullet
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Flathead grey mullet
Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 White mullet
Mugil curvidens Valenciennes, 1836 Dwarf mullet
Mugil galapagensis Ebeling, 1961 Galapagos mullet
Mugil hospes Jordan & Culver, 1895 Hospe mullet
Mugil incilis Hancock, 1830 Parassi mullet
Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 Lebranche mullet
Mugil longicauda Guitart & Alvarez-Lojonchere, 1976
Mugil margaritae Menezes, Nirchio, Oliveira & Siccharamirez, 2015
Mugil rubrioculus Harrison, Nirchio, Oliveira, Ron & Gaviria, 2007 Redeye mullet
Mugil setosus Gilbert, 1892 Liseta mullet
Mugil thoburni Jordan & Starks, 1896 Thoburn's mullet
Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875 Fantail mullet
Myxus elongatus Günther, 1861 Sand grey mullet
Neochelon falcipinnis (Valenciennes, 1836) Sicklefin mullet
Neomyxus leuciscus (Günther, 1872) Acute-jawed mullet
Oedalechilus labeo (Cuvier, 1829) Boxlip mullet
Osteomugil cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) Longarm mullet
Osteomugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858) Kanda
Osteomugil formosae (Oshima, 1922)
Osteomugil perusii (Valenciennes, 1836) Longfinned mullet
Osteomugil robustus (Günther, 1861) Robust mullet
Osteomugil speigleri (Bleeker, 1858) Speigler's mullet
Parachelon grandisquamis (Valenciennes, 1836) Largescaled mullet
Paramugil georgii (Ogilby, 1897) Silver mullet
Paramugil parmatus (Cantor, 1849) Broad-mouthed mullet
Planiliza abu (Heckel, 1843) Abu mullet
Planiliza affinis (Günther, 1861) Eastern keelback mullet
Planiliza alata (Steindachner, 1892) Diamond mullet
Planiliza carinata (Valenciennes, 1836) Keeled mullet
Planiliza haematocheilus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) So-iuy mullet
Planiliza klunzingeri (Day, 1888) Klunzinger's mullet
Planiliza macrolepis (Smith, 1846) Largescale mullet
Planiliza mandapamensis (Thomson, 1997) Indian mullet
Planiliza melinoptera (Valenciennes, 1836) Otomebora mullet
Planiliza ordensis (Whitley, 1945) River Diamond mullet
Planiliza parsia (Hamilton, 1822) Goldspot mullet
Planiliza persica (Senou, Randall & Okiyama, 1995) Persian mullet
Planiliza planiceps (Valenciennes, 1836) Tade gray mullet
Planiliza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836) Greenback mullet
Planiliza tade (Fabricius, 1775)
Plicomugil labiosus (Valenciennes, 1836) Hornlip mullet
Pseudomyxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836) Freshwater mullet
Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton, 1822) Corsula
Sicamugil hamiltonii (Day, 1870) Burmese mullet
Squalomugil nasutus (De Vis, 1883) Shark mullet
Trachystoma petardi (Castelnau, 1875) Pinkeye mullet
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