WoRMS taxon details
Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875
273660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273660)
accepted
Species
Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) · unaccepted (superseded new combination)
Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Poey, F. (1875). Poissons de l'île de Cuba. Espèces nouvelles décrites. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> v. 11 (nos 3-4) (art. 6): 58-70, Pls. 7-10. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273660 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Poey, F. (1875). Poissons de l'île de Cuba. Espèces nouvelles décrites. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> v. 11 (nos 3-4) (art. 6): 58-70, Pls. 7-10. [details]
original description (of Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1884). Descriptions of ten new species of fishes from Key West, Florida. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 7 (402): 24-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.7-402.24 [details]
original description (of Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1884). Descriptions of ten new species of fishes from Key West, Florida. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 7 (402): 24-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.7-402.24 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whirligig mullet [from synonym]fantail mullet | [details] |
| Spanish | lisa carrusel [from synonym]lisa amarilla | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mugil gyrans) (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mugil trichodon)
To FishBase (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mugil trichodon RAD118732-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mugil trichodon RAD118733-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Querimana gyrans RAD118729-001) (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Querimana gyrans RAD118729-001) (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mugil gyrans) (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mugil trichodon)
To FishBase (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Mugil gyrans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mugil trichodon RAD118732-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mugil trichodon RAD118733-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Querimana gyrans RAD118729-001) (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Querimana gyrans RAD118729-001) (from synonym Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
To ITIS
