Mugil Linnaeus 1758 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Mugilidae according to J. Gaudant et al. 2018

See also Arambourg 1927, Carnevale et al. 2006, Danil'chenko 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Stringer 1998

Sister taxa: Aldrichetta, Chelon, Liza, Mugilidarum, Pelecorapis, Syllaemus

Subtaxa: Mugil cephalus Mugil latus Mugil minax Mugil ornatus Mugil princeps

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (6: Florida, Georgia collections)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Azerbaijan (1), Italy (2), Panama (1), the Russian Federation (1), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (1)

Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences

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