Mugil hospes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mugiliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Mugilomorphae Ordo: Mugiliformes

Familia: Mugilidae
Subfamilia: Mugilinae
Genus: Mugil
Species: Mugil hospes

Name

Mugil hospes Jordan & Culver in Jordan, 1895: 422, Pl. 31

Lectotype: SU 2890.

Paralectotypes: BMNH 1895.5.27.178 [from Jordan] (1); SU 1695 + 2954 (now 2), 2890 (not found); USNM 47446 (1); ZMB 14060 [from Jordan] (1).

Type locality: Harbor at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico.

References

• Jordan, D.S. 1895: The fishes of Sinaloa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2), 5: 377–514, Pls. 26-55.
• Ibáñez, A.L., M. González-Castro & E. Pacheco-Almanzar, 2011: First record of Mugil hospes in the Gulf of Mexico and its identification from Mugil curema using ctenii., Journal of Fish Biology, 78: 386–390. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02863.x
• Mugil hospes in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Hospe Mullet