Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Liza curema (Valenciennes, 1836) (synonym)

Mugil brasiliensis (non Spix & Agassiz, 1831) (misapplied name)

Mugil gaimardianus (non Desmarest, 1831) (misapplied name)

Mugil metzelaari Chabanaud, 1926 (synonym)

Mugil petrosus Valenciennes, 1836 (synonym)

Myxus harengus Günther, 1861 (synonym)

Common names:

库里鲻 Mandarin Chinese

庫里鯔 Mandarin Chinese

Kefal Turkish

Aaldu Papiamento

Alder Papiamento

Aldu Papiamento

Amerikanische Meeräsche German

Anchoa blanca Spanish

Anchoveta English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Belaya kefal' Russian

Blueback mullet English

Bora Japanese

Caíca Portuguese

Capiton Spanish

Cefalo Italian, Spanish

Chango Spanish

Cipli Serbian

Curema mullet English

Galupe Spanish

Haalder Papiamento

Haloe Papiamento

Harder Afrikaans, Dutch, German

Hvid multe Danish

isa criolla Spanish

Jarea Spanish

Josea English

Joushtayu Wayuu

Kapiyut Palicur

Képhalos Greek

Khir Wolof

Kouéléma Galibi

Kuréma Creole, French

Kwelema Galibi

Lebrancha Spanish

Lebranche Spanish

Lisa Spanish

Lisa blanca Spanish

Lisa criolla Spanish

Lisa plateada Spanish

Liseta Spanish

Liseta plateada Spanish

Liza curema Spanish

Meeräsche German

Milé Creole, French

Mollit English, Krio

Mondego Portuguese

Mugem Portuguese

Muggine Italian

Mugil kurema Polish

Mujol Spanish

Mulet Creole, French, English, French, Kumak

Mulet blanc French

Mulet curème French

Mulet de mer French

Mullet English

Multe Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Palasi Oyampi, Wayana

Parati Portuguese

Parati guaçú Portuguese

Paratibu Portuguese

Paratiguera Portuguese

Parati-olho-de-fogo Portuguese

Plateado Spanish

Prasie Sranan

Prassi Sranan

Pratiqueira Portuguese

Pratiquera Portuguese

Redeye mullet English

Röndungur Icelandic

Sassaiuba Portuguese

Saúna Portuguese

Saúna-olho-de-fogo Portuguese

Silver mullet English

Small mullet English

Solé Creole, French, English, French, Portuguese

Tainha Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese

Tainha pitiu Portuguese

Tainha sajuba Portuguese

Tainha-branca Portuguese

Tainha-de-olho-amarelo Portuguese

Tainha-do-olho-amarelo Portuguese

Tainha-do-olho-preto Portuguese

Tainha-parati Portuguese

Tainha-verdadeira Portuguese

Vit multe Swedish

White mullet English

Classification:

Animalia

LSID

Phylum Chordata

LSID

Class Actinopterygii

LSID

Order Mugiliformes

LSID

Family Mugilidae

LSID

Genus Mugil

LSID

Distribution:

Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, but uncommon north of Cape Cod (Harrison, pers. Comm.) to Argentina (Ref. 74796). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Namibia (Harrison, pers. Comm.). Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Chile (Ref. 9321).; Virgin Islands (UK); Venezuela; USA (contiguous states); US Virgin Islands; Turks and Caicos Is.; Trinidad and Tobago; Togo; Suriname; Southwest Chilean Waters; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; South Brazil Shelf; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; Sanaga; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Saint Lucia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Puerto Rico; Peru-Galapagos Waters; Peru; Panama; Pacific, Southeast; Pacific, Eastern Central; Pacific Ocean; Pacific Central-American Coastal; Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf; North Brazil Shelf; Nigeria; Nicaragua; Netherlands Antilles; Neotropical; Nearctic; Montserrat; Mexico; Martinique; Magdalena; Liberia; Laguna del Mar Muerto; Laguna de Términos; Jamaica; Humboldt Current; Honduras; Haiti; Guyana; Gulf of Mexico; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea Current; Guinea; Guatemala; Guadeloupe; Grenada; Ghana; Gambia; Gabon; French Guiana; Equatorial Guinea; El Salvador; Ecuador; Ébrié Lagoon; East Brazil Shelf; Dominican Republic; Dominica; Curaçao Island; Cuba; Côte d'Ivoire; Costa Rica; Congo, Republic of; Colombia; Chile; Cayman Islands; Caribbean Sea; Cape Verde; Canary Current; Canada; Cameroon; California Current; Brazil; Bermuda; Benin; Belize; Barbados; Bahamas; Atlantic, Western Central; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Northwest; Atlantic, Eastern Central; Atlantic Ocean; Aruba; Argentina; Antigua and Barbuda; Anguilla; Angola; America, South - Inland waters; America, North - Inland waters; Africa-Inland Waters

Additional data:

In Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Harrison I., Data last modified by FishBase 22-Nov-1995

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4017bbdb-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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