Mugil cephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mugiliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Mugilomorphae Ordo: Mugiliformes

Familia: Mugilidae
Subfamilia: Mugilinae
Genus: Mugil
Species: Mugil cephalus

Name

Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

?Syntypes: NRM 43 (1), 44 (2), 143 (1).

Synonyms

Mugil albula Linnaeus, 1766
Mugil crenilabis our Forsskål, 1775
Mugil plumieri Bloch, 1794
Mugil tang Bloch, 1794
Mugil cephalus var. cestreo Rafinesque, 1810
Mugil cephalus var. chelone Rafinesque, 1810
Mugil cephalus var. myxone Rafinesque, 1810
Mugil provensalis Risso, 1810
Mugil borbonicus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil cephalotus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil ciliilabis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil constantiae Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil lineatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Mugil rammelsbergii Tschudi, 1846
Mugil chaptalii Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
Mugil berlandieri Girard, 1858
Mugil dobula Günther, 1861
Mugil ashanteensis Bleeker, 1863
Myxus superficialis Klunzinger, 1870
Mugil trichilus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
Myxus caecutiens Günther, 1876
Mugil mexicanus Steindachner, 1876
Mugil grandis Castelnau, 1879
Mugil muelleri Klunzinger, 1879
Mugil tongae Günther, 1880
Mugil marginalis De Vis, 1885
Sparus cetaceus Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler in Graells, 1887
Mugil hypselosoma Ogilby, 1897
Myxus barnardi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1914
Myxus flavus Mohr, 1927
Myxus lepidopterus Mohr, 1927
Myxus niger Mohr, 1927
Myxus tincoides Mohr, 1927
Mugil peruanus Hildebrand, 1946
Mugil catalarum Whitley, 1951
Mugil galapagensis Ebeling, 1961

References

Górski, K., De Gruijter, C. & Tana, R. 2015. Variation in habitat use along the freshwater–marine continuum by grey mullet Mugil cephalus at the southern limits of its distribution. Journal of Fish Biology 87(4): 1059–1071. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12777 . Reference page.
Heras, S., Maltagliati, F., Fernández, M.V. & Roldán, M.I. 2016 (Online 2015). Shaken not stirred: a molecular contribution to the systematics of genus Mugil (Teleostei, Mugilidae). Integrative Zoology 11(4): 263–281. DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12173 . Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 316. Reference page.
Pacheco-Almanzar, E., Simons, J., Espinosa-Pérez, H., Chiappa-Carrara, X. & Ibáñez, A.L. 2016. Can the name Mugil cephalus (Pisces: Mugilidae) be used for the species occurring in the north western Atlantic? Zootaxa 4109(3): 381–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.8. Reference page.
Shen, K.-N., Chang, C.-W. & Durand, J.-D. 2015. Spawning segregation and philopatry are major prezygotic barriers in sympatric cryptic Mugil cephalus species. Comptes Rendus Biologies 338(12): 803–811. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2015.07.009 . Reference page.

Links

Mugil cephalus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Mugil cephalus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Mugil cephalus in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

العربية: بوري (سمك)
azərbaycanca: Mugil cephalus
беларуская: Лабан
български: Кефал
català: Llissa llobarrera
corsu: Muzaru
čeština: Cípal hlavatý
Deutsch: Großkopfmeeräsche
Ελληνικά: Κέφαλος
English: Flathead mullet, Striped mullet
español: Mújol
euskara: Korrokoi bizkarbeltz
français: Mugil cephalus
עברית: קיפון בורי
hrvatski: Cipal bataš
italiano: Cefalo
日本語: ボラ
한국어: 숭어
lietuvių: Didžiagalvė kefalė
മലയാളം: തിരുത
Bahasa Melayu: Ikan Andapong
Napulitano: Mugil cephalus
Nederlands: Mugil cephalus
polski: Cefal
português: Mugil cephalus
tarandíne: Capòzze
русский: Лобан, Кефаль-Лобан
sicilianu: Cìfalu
shqip: Barbun
ไทย: ปลากระบอกเทา
Tagalog: Aguas
Türkçe: Dubar, Has kefal
українська: Лобань
Tiếng Việt: Cá đối đầu dẹt
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: O͘-á-hî
中文: 鯔魚

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