WoRMS name details
Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775)
151498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151498)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mugil crenilabis Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details] 
Note Type species of the genus.
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of the genus. [details]
Description Found in coastal waters, over sandy areas or muddy areas of lagoons, reef flats and tidepools; enters harbors (Ref. 9812)....
Description Found in coastal waters, over sandy areas or muddy areas of lagoons, reef flats and tidepools; enters harbors (Ref. 9812). Omnivorous (Ref. 6113). Forms large schools before spawning, at the beginning of the ebb tide (in June), over shallow, open areas of the lagoon slope (Ref. 9812). Spawning is done in large aggregations after dark. Important food-fish in Polynesia (Ref. 9812). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9812). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151498 on 2026-10-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mugil crenilabis Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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 (HKRMS)
Wong, K. C. (1982). A preliminary survey of the benthic fishes of Tolo Harbour. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 2, pp921-933. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in coastal waters, over sandy areas or muddy areas of lagoons, reef flats and tidepools; enters harbors (Ref. 9812). Omnivorous (Ref. 6113). Forms large schools before spawning, at the beginning of the ebb tide (in June), over shallow, open areas of the lagoon slope (Ref. 9812). Spawning is done in large aggregations after dark. Important food-fish in Polynesia (Ref. 9812). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9812). [details]Type species Type species of the genus. [details]
To Barcode of Life (56 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crenimugil crenilabis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (107 nucleotides; 117 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crenimugil crenilabis USNM 404762 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crenimugil crenilabis USNM 404766 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crenimugil crenilabis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (107 nucleotides; 117 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crenimugil crenilabis USNM 404762 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crenimugil crenilabis USNM 404766 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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