Valamugil
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Valamugil is one genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 among 17 genera containing altogether about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family
Family (biology)
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 Mugilidae
Mullet (fish)
The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...

 commonly known as mullet
Mullet (fish)
The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...

. The genus Valamugil contains nine species.

Species

  • Bluespot mullet Valamugil seheli
  • Bluetail mullet Valamugil buchanani
  • Kanda Valamugil engeli
  • Longarm mullet Valamugil cunnesius
  • Robust mullet Valamugil robustus
  • Silver mullet Valamugil georgii
  • Speigler's mullet Valamugil speigleri
  • Valamugil formosae
  • Valamugil perusii


9 species in this genus are recorded in Fishbase (March 2007).
(Links in the following table are to Fishbase entries for species)
Species name (2007) Common name Nominal species (historic)
Valamugil buchanani Bluetail mullet Mugil ceylonensis Günther, 1861; Oedalechilus kesteveni Whitley, 1943; Mugil buchanani Bleeker, 1854
Valamugil cunnesius Longarm mullet Mugil cunnesius Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil strongylocephalus Richardson, 1846; Mugil ophuysenii Bleeker, 1858-1859; Liza strongylocephalus (Richardson, 1846); Mugil amarulus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil kelaartii Günther, 1861; Mugil longimanus Günther, 1861
Valamugil engeli Kanda Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858; Mugil kandavensis Günther, 1877
Valamugil formosae Liza formosae Oshima, 1922
Valamugil georgii Silver mullet Mugil georgii Ogilby, 1897; Mugil nortoni Ogilby, 1908
Valamugil perusii Mugil perusii Valenciennes, 1836
Valamugil robustus Robust mullet Mugil robustus Günther, 1861
Valamugil seheli Bluespot mullet Mugil axillaris Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil caeruleomaculatus Lacepède, 1803; Mugil caeruleornaculatus (Lacepède, 1803); Mugil caeruleomaculata Lacepède, 1803; Mugil crenilabis seheli Forsskål, 1775; Mugil borbonicus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil cylindricus Valenciennes, 1836
Valamugil speigleri Speigler's mullet Mugil speigleri Bleeker, 1858-59; Mugil suppositus Günther, 1861
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