Mugil

Mugil is a genus of mullet in the family Mugilidae found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal marine waters, but also entering estuaries and rivers.

==Species== There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: Mugil bananensis Pellegrin, 1927 (Banana mullet) Mugil brevirostris A. Miranda-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 D. S. 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, C. de Oliveira & Siccha-Ramirez, 2015 Mugil rubrioculus I. J. Harrison, Nirchio, C. de Oliveira, Ron & Gaviria, 2007 Mugil setosus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Liseta mullet) Mugil thoburni D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1896 (Thoburn's mullet) Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875 (Fantail mullet) The oldest known member of the family is †Mugil princeps Agassiz, 1843 from the latest Oligocene-aged Aix-en-Provence Formation of France. When calibrated with this fossil species, molecular phylogenies suggest that the modern evolutionary radiation of Mugil arose about 30 million years ago.