Belgian Register of Marine Species - Mugil Linnaeus, 1758

BeRMS taxon details

Mugil Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 126032

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Pisces > Actinopterygii > Mugiliformes > Mugilidae

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Mugilidae

Sources

original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 316 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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Species Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Host of

Ergasilus shehyangensis Wang, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus longimanus Kroyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)

Links

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Images

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Mugil cephalus
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Mugil cephalus
added on 2010-02-18 - author: Collection VLIZ
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Harder
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel
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