Mugil thoburni

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | image = Thoburn's Mullet, Mugil thoburni.jpg | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|author=Harrison, I. |year=2010 |title= ''Xenomugil thoburni'' |article-number= e.T183713A8162821 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183713A8162821.en |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> | taxon = Mugil thoburni | authority = [[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] & [[Edwin Chapin Starks|Starks]], 1896 | synonyms = ''Xenomugil thoburni'' (Jordan & Starks, 1896) }}

'''''Mugil thoburni''''', '''Thoburn's mullet''', is a [[species]] of [[mullet (fish)|grey mullet]], from the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Mugilidae]], found in the eastern [[Pacific Ocean]]. It is most common around the [[Galapagos Islands]] but does occur on the coasts of [[Central America]] and [[South America]] as well. This species grows to a length of {{convert|29.5|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|TL]]. It was formerly regarded as the [[monotypic|only known member]] of the [[genus]] ''Xenomugil''.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase |genus=Mugil|species= thoburni| month = June | year = 2018}}</ref>

The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] honours [[Wilbur Wilson Thoburn]] (1859-1899), lecturer in [[bionomics]] at [[Stanford University]], where [[David Starr Jordan]] was president, in recognition of Thoburn's work on the [[sculpin]]s.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/mugiliformes/ | title = Mugiliformes | access-date= 4 November 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 4 June 2018}}</ref>

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[[Category:Mugil|thoburni]] [[Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan]] [[Category:Taxa named by Edwin Chapin Starks]] [[Category:Fish described in 1896]]