Osteomugil
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Genus: | Osteomugil Luther, 1982
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Osteomugil is a genus of mugilid mullets found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, including estuaries and rivers. They were formerly included in Moolgarda and Valamugil.[1][2]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus: [3]
- Osteomugil cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) (Longarm mullet)
- Osteomugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858) (Kanda)
- Osteomugil perusii (Valenciennes, 1836) (Longfinned mullet)
- Osteomugil robustus (Günther, 1861) (Robust mullet)
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Moolgarda in FishBase. September 2015 version.