Mullus
| Mullus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Mullus barbatus Red mullet | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Mullidae |
| Genus: | Mullus Linnaeus, 1758 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Mullus is a subtropical marine genus of perciform fish of the family Mullidae (goatfish) and includes the red mullets, occurring mainly in the southwest Atlantic near the South American coast and in the Eastern Atlantic including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.[2] These fish are bottom dwelling over sands and muds.
Mullus surmuletus
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]
| Species[4] | Common name[4] | Environment & range[5] | IUCN status[6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullus argentinae C. L. Hubbs & Marini, 1933 | Argentine goatfish | Southwestern Atlantic Ocean; Marine; subtropical; demersal | NE* |
| Mullus auratus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 | Red goatfish | Western Atlantic Ocean; Marine; subtropical; demersal | NE |
| Mullus barbatusT Linnaeus, 1758 | Red mullet | Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea; Marine; subtropical; demersal | NE |
| Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 | Surmullet | Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea; Marine; subtropical; demersal | NE |
*) NE - not evaluated
T) Type species
References
- ↑ Linnaeus, C., 1758: Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
- ↑ Johnson, G.D. & Gill, A.C. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N., ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Mullus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- 1 2 Fish Identification at FishBase. Family Mullidae
- ↑ Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986: A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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