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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorKuhlia mugil (Forster, 1801) 
AphiaID: 218355

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopteri (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerciformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPercoidei (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorKuhliidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorKuhlia (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorKuhlia mugil (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorKuhlia Gill, 1861
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSciaena mugil Forster, 1801
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDules argenteus (Bennett, 1830)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDules bennetti Bleeker, 1853
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDules taeniura (Cuvier, 1829)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDules taeniurus Cuvier, 1829
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDules taeniurus malpeloensis Fowler, 1944
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorKuhila mugil (Forster, 1801) (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorKuhlia arge Jordan & Bollman, 1890
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorKuhlia sterneckii Steindachner, 1898
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorKuhlia taeniura (Cuvier, 1829)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerca argentea Bennett, 1830
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSciaena mugil Forster, 1801
Sources  basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2016). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorbarred flagtail  [details]
Spanish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editordara bandera  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Comores
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorComores [details]
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorChagos [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReunion [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
New Zealand
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNew Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRodriguez [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [from synonym] [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (49 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (30 nucleotides; 47 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Tightly packed schools occur along the reef margin of rocky shorelines, from just below the breaking surf to a depth of a few meters, entering estuaries and fresh waters. Feeds on free-swimming crustaceans and small fishes at night (Ref. 5213). Not shy of humans. Utilized as bait (Ref. 9308). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218355
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2015). Kuhlia mugil (Forster, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2015) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218355 on 2016-09-30
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