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Family
Mugilidae

Genus
Mugil


Last updated on:
31-Aug-2013

Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

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Original description as Mugil cephalus:

  • Linnaeus, Carolus. 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. 10 i-ii + 1-824 (ffm00310)

Conservation: Mugil cephalus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2012).