Mugil longicauda Guitart & Alvarez-Lojonchere, 1976
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mugil longicauda Guitart & Alvarez-Lojonchere, 1976
- Name authority
- Guitart & Alvarez-Lojonchere, 1976
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Mugiliformes
- Family
- Mugilidae
- Genus
- Mugil
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderMugiliformes
- familyMugilidae Jarocki, 1822
- genusMugil Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesMugil longicauda Guitart & Alvarez-Lojonchere, 1976
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Mugil. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Mugil bananensis (Pellegrin, 1927) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mugil brevirostris (Ribeiro, 1915) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mugil capurrii (Perugia, 1892) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blue-black mulletMugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mugil curvidens Valenciennes, 1836 | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mugil galapagensis Ebeling, 1961 | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mugil margaritae Menezes, Nirchio, Oliveira & Siccharamirez, 2015 | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| liseta mulletMugil setosus Gilbert, 1892 | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mugil broussonnetii Valenciennes, 1836 | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| flathead grey mulletMugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| hospe mulletMugil hospes Jordan & Culver, 1895 | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mugil incilis Hancock, 1830 | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Guitart Manday, D. J.; Alvarez-Lajonchere L. (1976). Nueva especie del género Mugil (Pisces: Mugilidae) de aguas cubanas. Poeyana, Series A, Instituto de Biologia, No. 149: 1–6. [English summary.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:44J6K. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.