Moolgarda
Moolgarda is a genus of mugilid mullets found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, including estuaries and rivers.
| Moolgarda | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Moolgarda Whitley, 1945 |
Species
The type species, Moolgarda pura, may be a synonym of Crenimugil buchanani (the bluetail mullet). If so, Moolgarda is a junior synonym of Crenimugil. Whitley also considered the thinlip mullet the closest relative of Moolgarda pura.[1] Another species included in this genus is the longfin mullet (Moolgarda pedaraki), FishBase classifies this species within the genus Crenimugil rather than in Mooldgarda, which if correct makes Moolgardia a synonym of that genus.[2]
References
- Gonzalez-Castro and Ghasemzadeh, 2015. Morphology and Morphometry Based Taxonomy of Mugilidae. pp. 1-22. Crosetti and Blaber (eds.). In: Biology, Ecology and Culture of Grey Mullet (Mugilidae). Taylor & Francis Group: London.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Crenimugil in FishBase. February 2021 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.