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Paramugil parmatus (Cantor, 1849)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Paramugil parmatus (Cantor, 1849)
Name authority
(Cantor, 1849)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Mugiliformes
Family
Mugilidae
Genus
Paramugil
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderMugiliformes
  11. familyMugilidae Jarocki, 1822
  12. genusParamugil Ghasemzadeh, Ivantsoff & Aarn, 2004
  13. speciesParamugil parmatus (Cantor, 1849)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Paramugil. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Paramugil georgii (Ogilby, 1897)MugilidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 65 records assigned to Mugilidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Liza parmata (Cantor, 1849) (Cantor, 1849)synonym
Mugil oligolepis Bleeker, 1859 Bleeker, 1859synonym
Liza oligolepis (Bleeker, 1859) (Bleeker, 1859)synonym
Mugil parmatus Cantor, 1849 Cantor, 1849synonym
Chelon parmatus (Cantor, 1849) (Cantor, 1849)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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398552 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:75Q2X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.