Mugil
Mugil is a genus of mullet in the family Mugilidae found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal marine waters, but also entering estuaries and rivers.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:Mugil bananensis Pellegrin, 1927 Mugil brevirostris A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 Mugil broussonnetii Valenciennes, 1836 Mugil capurrii Perugia, 1892 Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 Mugil curvidens Valenciennes, 1836 Mugil gaimardianus Desmarest, 1831 Mugil galapagensis Ebeling, 1961 Mugil hospes D. S. Jordan & Culver, 1895 Mugil incilis Hancock, 1830 Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 Mugil longicauda Guitart & Alvarez-Lojonchere, 1976 Mugil margaritae Menezes, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira & Siccha-Ramirez, 2015 Mugil rubrioculus I. J. Harrison, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira, Ron & Gaviria, 2007Mugil setosus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 Mugil thoburni D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1896 Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875The oldest known member of the family is †Mugil princeps Agassiz, 1843 from the latest Oligocene-aged Aix-en-Provence Formation of France. When calibrated with this fossil species, molecular phylogenies suggest that the modern evolutionary radiation of Mugil arose about 30 million years ago.