78 Species in Family Mugilidae
Nominal species list for Mugilidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Agonostomus catalai Pellegrin, 1932 Comoro mullet
Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft, 1834) Mountain 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 bispinosus (Bowdich, 1825) Cape Verde mullet
Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) Thicklip grey mullet
Chelon macrolepis (Smith, 1846) Largescale mullet
Chelon melinopterus (Valenciennes, 1836) Otomebora mullet
Chelon parsia (Hamilton, 1822) Goldspot mullet
Chelon planiceps (Valenciennes, 1836) Tade gray mullet
Chelon subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836) Greenback mullet
Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775) Fringelip mullet
Crenimugil heterocheilos (Bleeker, 1855) Half fringelip mullet
Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Squaretail mullet
Joturus pichardi Poey, 1860 Bobo mullet
Liza abu (Heckel, 1843) Abu mullet
Liza affinis (Günther, 1861) Eastern keelback mullet
Liza alata (Steindachner, 1892) Diamond mullet
Liza argentea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Flat-tail mullet
Liza aurata (Risso, 1810) Golden grey mullet
Liza bandialensis Diouf, 1991 Diassanga Mullet
Liza carinata (Valenciennes, 1836) Keeled mullet
Liza dumerili (Steindachner, 1870) Grooved mullet
Liza falcipinnis (Valenciennes, 1836) Sicklefin mullet
Liza grandisquamis (Valenciennes, 1836) Largescaled mullet
Liza haematocheila (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) So-iuy mullet
Liza klunzingeri (Day, 1888) Klunzinger's mullet
Liza luciae (Penrith & Penrith, 1967) St. Lucia mullet
Liza mandapamensis Thomson, 1997
Liza persicus (Senou, Randall & Okiyama, 1995) Persian mullet
Liza ramada (Risso, 1827) Thinlip grey mullet
Liza ramsayi (Macleay, 1883) Ramsay's mullet
Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846) South African mullet
Liza saliens (Risso, 1810) Leaping mullet
Liza tricuspidens (Smith, 1935) Striped mullet
Moolgarda cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) Longarm mullet
Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858) Kanda
Moolgarda pedaraki (Valenciennes, 1836) Longfin mullet
Moolgarda perusii (Valenciennes, 1836) Longfinned mullet
Moolgarda seheli (Forsskål, 1775) Bluespot 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 gaimardianus Desmarest, 1831 Redeye 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
Mugil setosus Gilbert, 1892 Liseta mullet
Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875
Myxus capensis (Valenciennes, 1836) Freshwater mullet
Myxus elongatus Günther, 1861 Sand grey mullet
Neomyxus leuciscus (Günther, 1872) Acute-jawed mullet
Oedalechilus labeo (Cuvier, 1829) Boxlip mullet
Oedalechilus labiosus (Valenciennes, 1836) Hornlip mullet
Paramugil georgii (Ogilby, 1897) Silver mullet
Paramugil parmatus (Cantor, 1849) Broad-mouthed mullet
Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton, 1822) Corsula
Rhinomugil nasutus (De Vis, 1883) Shark mullet
Sicamugil cascasia (Hamilton, 1822) Yellowtail mullet
Sicamugil hamiltonii (Day, 1870) Burmese mullet
Trachystoma petardi (Castelnau, 1875) Pinkeye mullet
Valamugil buchanani (Bleeker, 1853) Bluetail mullet
Valamugil formosae (Oshima, 1922)
Valamugil robustus (Günther, 1861) Robust mullet
Valamugil speigleri (Bleeker, 1858) Speigler's mullet
Xenomugil thoburni (Jordan & Starks, 1896) Thoburn's mullet
FishBase
Back to top
cfm script by eagbayani, 01.10.99 ,  php script by cmilitante, 02.03.10 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 29/11/2012