Mugil incilis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Mullets ; Mainly found in brackish estuaries but also in marine and hyper-saline waters[1]. During reproduction , they gather in small groups at the mouth of coastal rivers and creeks . Reproduction occurs in the early part of the year. Eggs which are rich in yolk are spawned by the millions. Upon hatching , juveniles move up to the swamps and coastal rivers over long distances , to seek for food and to protect themselves against predators [2]. Marketed fresh or salted[1]. The roe is marketed salt-pickled and dried and considered a delicacy[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: Mugil incilis is primarily found in brackish estuaries, coastal waters , and surf zones, but can also be found in marine and hyper-saline waters.  Spawning occurs at the mouths of rivers .  Juveniles migrate large distances to swamps and river mouths to seek food and to protect themselves against predators (Harrison 2002). [3].

List of Habitats :

•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.4     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy   
  
•     9.5     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy-Mud   
  
•     9.6     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Muddy   
  
•     9.8     Marine Neritic - Coral Reef   
  
•     9.8.4     Lagoon   
  
•     9.9     Marine Neritic - Seagrass (Submerged)   
  
•     9.10     Marine Neritic - Estuaries   
  
•     12     Marine Intertidal   
  
•     12.2     Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars , Spits , Etc   
  
•     12.4     Marine Intertidal - Mud Flats and Salt Flats   
  
•     12.5     Marine Intertidal - Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)   
  
•     12.6     Marine Intertidal - Tidepools   
  
•     12.7     Marine Intertidal - Mangrove Submerged Roots   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Mugil guentheri • Mugil guentheri Steindachner

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 22-Nov-1995

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mugil

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 68 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. affinis (Eastern Keelback Mullet) · M. alatus (Diamond Mullet) · M. argenteus (Ramsay's Grey Mullet) · M. bananensis (Banana Mullet) · M. belanak (Cape Verde Mullet) · Liza ramado (Buchanan's Blue-Tail Mullet) · M. broussonnetii (Broussonnet's Mullet) · M. capensis (Narrowhead Grey Mullet) · M. capurrii (Black Mullet) · M. cascasia (Yellow-Tail Mullet) · M. cephalus (Flathead Mullet) · M. cephalus albula (Black Mullet) · M. chanos (Salmon Herring) · M. cinereus (Dark-Barred Mojarra) · M. corsula (Kakunda) · M. crenilabis (Bluespot Grey Mullet) · M. crenilabis seheli (Bluespot Grey Mullet) · M. cunnesius (Longfin Grey Mullet) · M. curema (Blueback Mullet) · M. curvidens (Dwarf Mullet) · M. dobula (Brasilian Mullet) · M. engeli (Marquesan Mullet) · M. falcipinnis (Sicklefin Mullet) · M. forsteri (Victor Harbor Mullet) · M. gaimardianus (Redeye Mullet) · M. gaimardianusde (Redeye Mullet) · M. galapagensis (Galapagos Mullet) · M. georgii (Small Fantail Mullet) · M. grandisquamis (Large-Scale Mullet) · M. gyrans (Whiptailed Nile Catfish) · M. haematocheilus (So-Iny Mullet) · M. hamiltonii (Burmese Mullet) · M. heterocheilos (Half Fringelip Mullet) · M. hospes (Hospe Mullet) · M. incilis (Striped Mullet) · M. kelaartii (Kelaart's Mullet) · M. klunzingeri (Klunzinger's Mullet) · M. labeo (Boxlip Mullet) · M. labiosus (Foldlip Mullet) · M. labrosus (Thick-Lipped Grey Mullet) · M. liza (Lebranche Mullet) · M. longimanus (Tabilong) · M. macrolepis (Large-Scaled Mullet) · M. melinopterus (Giant-Scaled Mullet) · M. monticola (Freshwater Mullet) · M. nasutus (Shark Mullet) · M. parmatus (Broad-Mouthed Mullet) · M. parsia (Gold-Spot Mullet) · M. pedaraki (Longfin Mullet) · M. peronii (Flattail Mullet) · M. petardi (Freshwater Mullet) · M. platanus (Mullet) · M. proboscideus (Snouted Mullet) · M. productus (Thin-Lipped Grey Mullet) · M. rammelsbergii (Yellow-Tailed Mullet) · M. ramsayi (Ramsay's Mullet) · M. richardsonii (South African Mullet) · M. robustus (Robust Mullet) · M. saliens (Leaping Gray Mullet) · M. setosus (Liseta Mullet) · M. so-iuy (Russian Grey Mullet) · M. soiuy (Russian Grey Mullet) · M. speigleri (Speigler's Grey Mullet) · M. subviridis (Dussumier's Mullet) · M. thoburni (Orange-Eye Mullet) · M. trichodon (Fantail Mullet) · M. tricuspidens (Striped Mullet) · M. vaigiensis (Diamond-Scale Grey Mullet)

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Further Reading

• American food and game fishes. A popular account of all the species found in America north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture, . by David Starr Jordan...and Barton Warren Evermann...illustrated with colored plates and text drawings, and with photographs from life, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. url p. 254.
• American food and game fishes: A popular account of all the species found in America north of the equator, with keys of ready identification, life histories and methods of capture New York: Doubleday, Page & co., 1902. url p. 254.
• American food and game fishes: a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture, by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann; with photos. from life by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1908, c1902. url p. 254.
• An account of the fishes of the states of Central America: based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, F. Godman and O. Salvin / by Albert Günther. url p. 443.
• Biologia centrali-americana. Pisces. [London, Pub. for the editor by R. H. Porter]1906-08. url , .
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 428.
• Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off. url p. 109.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 431.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1861. url p. 431.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 229, p. 525, p. 526, p. 617.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 811.
• Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 59.
• Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 464.
• Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 812, p. 813.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 130, p. 744, p. 744, p. 752, p. 752.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 111, p. 113, p. 266, p. 275, p. 371, p. 382, p. 506, p. 571, p. 624, p. 849.
• Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1910-1943. url p. 277, p. 278.
• Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 333, p. 333.
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 253.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 19 1878 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 382.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 295, p. 295.
• The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 272.
• The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 812.
• The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands / by C.H. Eigenmann. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1912. url p. 464, p. 464.
• The marine fishes of Panama. by Seth E. Meek and Samuel F. Hildebrand. 15 1923 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1923 url p. 277, p. 278.
• Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 443, p. 443.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Harrison, Ian (from FishBase).
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• McEachran, J. & Williams, J.T. 2010. Mugil incilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 132300
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22190
• Fishbase Species ID: 1089
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 170344
• IUCN ID: 224549
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 117073

Footnotes

1. Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992). Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales ma ... [back]
2. Keith, P., O.-Y. Le Bail and P. Planquette (2000). Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane (tome 2, fascicule I). Publications scientifiques du M.N.H.N, Paris, 286 p. [back]
3. McEachran, J. & Williams, J.T. 2010. Mugil incilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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