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Mugiliformes

Mugiliformes is a small order of percomorph fish in the clade Ovalentaria.

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Mugiliformes
Temporal range:
Yellow-eye mullet (Aldrichetta forsteri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ovalentaria
Order: Mugiliformes
Günther, 1880
Families

Mugiliformes is a small order of percomorph fish in the clade Ovalentaria.12

This order is recognized by the Catalog of Fishes (2025). It contains only two families:34

Agassiz's perchlet (Pseudombassis agassizii) source ↗

Until recently, this order was restricted to only the mullets, but phylogenetic studies support the Asiatic glassfishes (previously placed as incertae sedis within the Ovalentaria)6 being their closest relatives. The order is thought to be the sister group to the Blenniiformes. Other authors instead treat this order as a clade within an expanded Blenniiformes, and also find the Congrogadidae to be allied with the mullet-glassfish clade.7

References

References

  1. Wainwright, Peter C.; Smith, W. Leo; Price, Samantha A.; Tang, Kevin L.; Sparks, John S.; Ferry, Lara A.; Kuhn, Kristen L.; Eytan, Ron I.; Near, Thomas J. (2012-12-01). "The Evolution of Pharyngognathy: A Phylogenetic and Functional Appraisal of the Pharyngeal Jaw Key Innovation in Labroid Fishes and Beyond". Systematic Biology. 61 (6): 1001–1027. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys060. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 22744773.
  2. "Mugiliformes Günther 1880 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  3. Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  4. "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes - Genera/Species by Family/Subfamily". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  5. Xia, Rong; Durand, Jean-Dominique; Fu, Cuizhang (2016-03-01). "Multilocus resolution of Mugilidae phylogeny (Teleostei: Mugiliformes): Implications for the family's taxonomy". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 96: 161–177. Bibcode:2016MolPE..96..161X. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 26739922.
  6. Betancur-R, Ricardo; Wiley, Edward O.; Arratia, Gloria; Acero, Arturo; Bailly, Nicolas; Miya, Masaki; Lecointre, Guillaume; Ortí, Guillermo (2017-07-06). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 162. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..162B. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 5501477. PMID 28683774.
  7. Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 101. Bibcode:2024BPMNH..65..101N. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN 0079-032X.