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Mugilidae

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Mugilidae

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Also known as the mullet family

family of fishes

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Mugilidae is a family of fish within the order Mugiliformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. The taxon, commonly known as mullets, was described by Jarocki in 1822 and holds an accepted status. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia.

Members of this family inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of specimens in the United States, Philippines, Australia, Mexico, and French Polynesia. These records are held by institutions including SDNHM, CUMV, UA, YPM, and NMV.

The family has been documented in various sources, including the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and the New International Encyclopedia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility data lists 653,981 occurrences for the taxon.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

mullets

Mugilidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderMugiliformes
  5. FamilyMugilidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded653,981

Vissen De harders of harderachtigen vormen een orde, de Mugiliformes met maar één familie, de Mugilidae (volgens Fishbase). Inhoud 1 Kenmerken 2 Leefwijze 3 Verspreiding en leefgebied 4 Geslachten Kenmerken Harders hebben twee rugvinnen, één rugvin met meestal 4 stekels en een tweede vin met vinstralen. De buikvin heeft 5 vinstralen. De zijlijn is nauwelijks zichtbaar (indien aanwezig). Harders worden hoogstens 90 cm lang. Leefwijze Harders zijn schuwe vissen die zich verplaatsen in scholen. Zij voeden zich met kleine wieren (zoals diatomeeën) en bodemorganismen. Verspreiding en leefgebied Harders komen voor in alle wereldzeeën, zowel in de tropische als gematigde klimaatgebieden. Ze komen voornamelijk voor in kustwater en ook in brak water. Sommige soorten komen ook voor in zoet water (Liza abu bijvoorbeeld alleen in zoet water en estuaria). Geslachten Agonostomus E. T. Bennett, 1832 Aldrichetta Whitley, 1945 Cestraeus Valenciennes, 1836 Chaenomugil T. N. Gill, 1863 Chelon Artedi, 1793 Crenimugil L. P. Schultz, 1946 Joturus Liza D. S. Jordan & Swain, 1884 Moolgarda Whitley, 1945 Mugil Linnaeus, 1758 Myxus Günther, 1861 Neomyxus Steindachner, 1878 Oedalechilus Fowler, 1903 Para

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,625
With media
34
Family
Mugilidae
Collections
SDNHM, CUMV, UA, YPM, NMV, MSUM
Recorded in
United States, Philippines, Australia, Mexico, French Polynesia, Panama, Vanuatu, Thailand
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
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Commons category
Mugilidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Mugilidae
topic's main category
Category:Mugilidae
MCN code
0302.89.36
taxon common name
multefamilien
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Encyclopedic overview

The mullets or grey mullets are a family (Mugilidae) of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times. In ancient Egypt, people ate pickled and dried mullet called fesikh. The family includes about 78 species in 26 genera.

Mullets are distinguished by the presence of two separate dorsal fins, small triangular mouths, and the absence of a lateral line organ. They feed on detritus, and most species have unusually muscular stomachs and a complex pharynx to help in digestion.

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