Crenimugil

Crenimugil
Fringelip Mullet (C. crenilabis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Crenimugil
L. P. Schultz, 1946
Type species
Mugil crenilabis
Forsskål 1775[1]
Synonyms
  • Moolgarda Whitley, 1945
  • Valamugil Smith, 1948

Crenimugil is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters and rivers in the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

Four species are currently recognised as comprising the genus Crenimugil:[2]

The half-fringelip mullet (Crenimugil heterocheilos), usually assigned to Crenimugil, appears to belong to a separate genus, Paracrenimugil, based on DNA-based cladistic analysis.[3][4] In addition, the longfin mullet (Crenimugil pedaraki) is listed by some authorities in the separate genus Moolgarda.[5]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Crenimugil". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Crenimugil". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. ^ Durand, J.-D., Shen, K.-N., Chen, W.-J., Jamandre, B.-W., Blel, H., Diop, K., et al. 2012. Systematics of the grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugiliformes: Mugilidae): molecular phylogenetic evidence challenges two centuries of morphology-based taxonomy. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 64, 73–92. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.006
  4. ^ Durand, J.-D., W.-J. Chen, K.-N. Shen, C. Fu, & P. Borsa. 2012. Genus-level taxonomic changes implied b mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 335: 687-697.
  5. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Mugil pedaraki". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 October 2018.


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