WoRMS name details
Valamugil seheli (Forsskål, 1775)
218905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218905)
unaccepted
Species
Valamugil Smith, 1948 accepted as Crenimugil Schultz, 1946
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mugil crenilabis seheli Fabricius, 1775) Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. <em>Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.</em> 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map. [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76]. [details]
Description Inhabits coastal waters; enters estuaries and rivers where it feeds on microalgae, filamentous algae, forams, diatoms, and...
Description Inhabits coastal waters; enters estuaries and rivers where it feeds on microalgae, filamentous algae, forams, diatoms, and detritus associated with sand and mud (Ref. 9812). Forms schools. Also caught using stakenets, barrier nets, and pouch nets during spawning; also taken as bycatch (Ref. 9812). Important table fish when in season. Marketed fresh and perhaps salted, boiled (Thailand), canned or frozen (Australia); roe marketed salted (Ref. 9812). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Valamugil seheli (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218905 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mugil crenilabis seheli Fabricius, 1775) Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. <em>Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.</em> 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map. [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coastal waters; enters estuaries and rivers where it feeds on microalgae, filamentous algae, forams, diatoms, and detritus associated with sand and mud (Ref. 9812). Forms schools. Also caught using stakenets, barrier nets, and pouch nets during spawning; also taken as bycatch (Ref. 9812). Important table fish when in season. Marketed fresh and perhaps salted, boiled (Thailand), canned or frozen (Australia); roe marketed salted (Ref. 9812). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To GenBank (145 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To GenBank (145 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
