Mugil thoburni Jordan & Starks, 1896
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Mugil thoburni, Thoburn's mullet, is a species of grey mullet, from the family Mugilidae, found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is most common around the Galapagos Islands but does occur on the coasts of Central America and South America as well. This species grows to a length of 29.5 centimetres (11.6 in) TL. It was formerly regarded as the only known member of the genus Xenomugil.
The specific name honours Wilbur Wilson Thoburn (1859-1899), lecturer in bionomics at Stanford University, where David Starr Jordan was president, in recognition of Thoburn's work on the sculpins.
Wikipedia contributors, Mugil thoburni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:14:34.288443+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mugil thoburni Jordan & Starks, 1896
- Name authority
- Jordan & Starks, 1896
- 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 thoburni Jordan & Starks, 1896
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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Xenomugil thoburni (Jordan & Starks, 1896) (Jordan & Starks, 1896) | synonym |
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.
- Jordan, D. S., & Evermann, B. W. (1896). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 47: i–lx + 1–1240. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46755 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:44J9G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.