Crenimugil

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

Crenimugil
Fringelip Mullet (C. crenilabis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Crenimugil
L. P. Schultz, 1946
Type species
Mugil crenilabis
Forsskål 1775[1]

Species

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

  • Crenimugil buchanani (Bleeker, 1853) (Bluetail mullet)
  • Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775) (Fringelip mullet)
  • Crenimugil heterocheilos (Bleeker, 1855) (Half fringelip mullet)
  • Crenimugil seheli (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespot mullet)

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 (Moolgarda pedaraki) is listed by some authorities as Crenimugil pedaraki.[5]

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Crenimugil". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Crenimugil in 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, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Mugil pedaraki". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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