# Osteomugil > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Osteomugil > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Osteomugil.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteomugil > Source revision: 1257402203 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of ray-finned fishes Osteomugil Osteomugil cunnesius Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Mugiliformes Family: Mugilidae Genus: Osteomugil Luther, 1982 Type species Mugil cunnesius Valenciennes, 1836 ***Osteomugil*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of mugilid [mullets](/source/Mullet_(fish)) found in coastal waters of the [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific), including [estuaries](/source/Estuaries) and rivers. They were formerly included in *Moolgarda* and *Valamugil*.[1][2] ## Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[3] - *[Osteomugil cunnesius](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osteomugil_cunnesius&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1836) (Longarm mullet) - *[Osteomugil formosae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osteomugil_formosae&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Oshima](/source/Masamitsu_%C5%8Cshima), 1922) - *[Osteomugil engeli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osteomugil_engeli&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1858) (Kanda) - *[Osteomugil perusii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osteomugil_perusii&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1836) (Longfinned mullet) - *[Osteomugil robustus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osteomugil_robustus&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1861) (Robust mullet) - *[Osteomugil speigleri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osteomugil_speigleri&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Bleeker, 1858) (Speigler's mullet) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Durand, J.-D., Shen, K.-N., Chen, W.-J., Jamandre, B.-W., Blel, H., Diop, K., et al. 2012. Systematics of the grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugiliformes: Mugilidae): molecular phylogenetic evidence challenges two centuries of morphology-based taxonomy. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 64, 73–92. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.006 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Durand, J.-D., W.-J. Chen, K.-N. Shen, C. Fu, & P. Borsa. 2012. Genus-level taxonomic changes implied b mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 335: 687-697. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Fishbase_3-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Osteomugil*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Osteomugil). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. February 2021 version. v t e Mugiliformes species (Mullets) Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Mugiliformes Mugilidae Agonostomus Comoro mullet (A. catalai) Fairy mullet (A. telfairii) Aldrichetta Yellow-eye mullet (A. forsteri) Cestraeus Cestraeus goldiei Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Lobed river mullet (C. plicatilis) Chaenomugil Snouted mullet (C. proboscideus) Chelon Golden grey mullet (C. auratus) Cape Verde mullet (C. bispinosus) Diassanga mullet (C. bandialensis) Chelon caeruleus Grooved mullet (C. dumerili) Thicklip grey mullet (C. labrosus) Chelon natalensis Thinlip grey mullet (C. ramada) South African mullet (C. richardsonii) Leaping mullet (C. saliens) Striped mullet (C. tricuspidens) Crenimugil Bluetail mullet (C. buchanani) Fringelip mullet (C. crenilabis) Half fringelip mullet (C. heterocheilos) Longfin mullet (C. pedaraki) Bluespot mullet (C. seheli) Dajaus Mountain mullet (D. monticola) Ellochelon Squaretail mullet (E. vaigiensis) Gracimugil Flat-tail mullet (G. argenteus) Joturus Bobo mullet (J. pichardi) Minimugil Yellowtail mullet (M. cascasia) Mugil Banana mullet (M. bananensis) Mugil brevirostris Broussonnet's mullet (M. broussonnetii) Leaping African mullet (M. capurrii) Flathead grey mullet (M. cephalus) White mullet (M. curema) Dwarf mullet (M. curvidens) Redeye mullet (M. gaimardianus) Galapagos mullet (M. galapagensis) Hospe mullet (M. hospes) Parassi mullet (M. incilis) Lebranche mullet (M. liza) Mugil margaritae Mugil rubrioculus Liseta mullet (M. setosus) Thoburn's mullet (M. thoburni) Mugil trichodon Myxus Sand grey mullet (M. elongatus) Neochelon Sicklefin mullet (N. falcipinnis) Neomyxus Acute-jawed mullet (N. leuciscus) Oedalechilus Boxlip mullet (O. labeo) Osteomugil Longarm mullet (O. cunnesius) Kanda (O. engeli) Osteomugil formosae Longfinned mullet (O. perusii) Robust mullet (O. robustus) Speigler's mullet (O. speigleri) Parachelon Largescaled mullet (P. grandisquamis) Paramugil Silver mullet (P. georgii) Broad-mouthed mullet (P. parmatus) Planiliza Abu mullet (P. abu) Diamond mullet (P. alata) Keeled mullet (P. carinata) So-iuy mullet (P. haematocheilus) Klunzinger's mullet (P. klunzingeri) Eastern keelback mullet (P. lauvergnii) Largescale mullet (P. macrolepis) Saint Lucia mullet (P. melinoptera) Indian mullet (P. mandapamensis) Planiliza ordensis Gold-spot mullet (P. parsia) Persian mullet (P. persicus) Tade gray mullet (P. planiceps) Greenback mullet (P. subviridis) Planiliza tade Plicomugil Hornlip mullet (P. labiosus) Pseudomyxus Freshwater mullet (P. capensis) Rhinomugil Corsula (R. corsula) Sicamugil Burmese mullet (S. hamiltonii) Squalomugil Shark mullet (S. nasutus) Trachystoma Pinkeye mullet (T. petardi) Taxon identifiers Osteomugil Wikidata: Q28431634 Wikispecies: Osteomugil BOLD: 744657 CoL: 63H2P GBIF: 4840681 iNaturalist: 622409 IRMNG: 1185243 Open Tree of Life: 798763 WoRMS: 1042878 ZooBank: D1EA881B-6485-46DC-932A-F1FB6BCF6FDB This Mugiliformes-related article is a stub. 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