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Mullidae
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The goatfishes, or mullets, are ray-finned fish of the family Mullidae, the only family in the suborder Mulloidei of the order Syngnathiformes. The family is also sometimes referred to as the red mullets, which also refers more narrowly to the genus Mullus.
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Mullidae is a family of fish within the class Teleostei and phylum Chordata. The taxon is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and was described by Rafinesque in 1815. It is commonly known as goatfishes. Classification records place the family in the order Perciformes according to GBIF, while WoRMS lists it under the order Mulliformes. The family has an accepted status in taxonomic databases.
Mullidae species inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Occurrence records from iDigBio document specimens in Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Vanuatu, and the Philippines. These records are held by institutions including ECOSUR, ICML-UNAM, USNM, NMV, and SIO. The family is also referenced in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Species
goatfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyMullidae
鬚鯛科（學名：Mullidae）為輻鰭魚綱鱸形目的一個科。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,453
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Mullidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, ICML-UNAM, USNM, NMV, SIO
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Vanuatu, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Perciformes
- Image
- Mullus surmuletus.JPG
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- Commons category
- Mullidae
- taxon name
- Mullidae
- taxon rank
- family
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Mullidae
- taxon common name
- mullefamilien
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Evolution
- Genera
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- Mimicry
- Reproduction and life cycle
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The goatfishes, or mullets, are ray-finned fish of the family Mullidae, the only family in the suborder Mulloidei of the order Syngnathiformes. The family is also sometimes referred to as the red mullets, which also refers more narrowly to the genus Mullus.
The family name and the English common name mullet derived from Latin mullus, the red mullet; other than the red mullet and the striped red mullet or surmullet, the English word "mullet" generally refers to a different family of fish, the Mugilidae or gray mullets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mullidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.