Mugiliformes

Mugiliformes Temporal range: Early Eocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Yellow-eye mullet (Aldrichetta forsteri)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ovalentaria
Order:	Mugiliformes Günther, 1880
Families
Mugilidae Ambassidae

Mugiliformes is a small order of percomorph fish in the clade Ovalentaria. ^{[1] [2]}

This order is recognized by the Catalog of Fishes (2025). It contains only two families: ^{[3] [4]}

• Mugilidae Jarocki, 1822 - mullets ^[5] (57 species)
• Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870 - Asiatic glassfishes (75 species)

Agassiz's perchlet (Ambassis agassizii)

Until recently, this order was restricted to only the mullets, but phylogenetic studies support the Asiatic glassfishes (previously placed as incertae sedis within the Ovalentaria) ^[6] being their closest relatives. The order is thought to be the sister group to the Blenniiformes. Other authors instead treat this order as a clade within an expanded Blenniiformes, and also find the Congrogadidae to be allied with the mullet-glassfish clade. ^[7]

References

1. Wainwright, Peter C.; Smith, W. Leo; Price, Samantha A.; Tang, Kevin L.; Sparks, John S.; Ferry, Lara A.; Kuhn, Kristen L.; Eytan, Ron I.; Near, Thomas J. (2012-12-01). "The Evolution of Pharyngognathy: A Phylogenetic and Functional Appraisal of the Pharyngeal Jaw Key Innovation in Labroid Fishes and Beyond". Systematic Biology. 61 (6): 1001–1027. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys060. ISSN   1063-5157. PMID   22744773.
2. "Mugiliformes Günther 1880 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
3. Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
4. "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes - Genera/Species by Family/Subfamily". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
5. Xia, Rong; Durand, Jean-Dominique; Fu, Cuizhang (2016-03-01). "Multilocus resolution of Mugilidae phylogeny (Teleostei: Mugiliformes): Implications for the family's taxonomy". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 96: 161–177. Bibcode:2016MolPE..96..161X. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.010. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   26739922.
6. Betancur-R, Ricardo; Wiley, Edward O.; Arratia, Gloria; Acero, Arturo; Bailly, Nicolas; Miya, Masaki; Lecointre, Guillaume; Ortí, Guillermo (2017-07-06). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 162. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..162B. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 . ISSN   1471-2148. PMC   5501477 . PMID   28683774.
7. Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 101. Bibcode:2024BPMNH..65..101N. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN   0079-032X.