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Crenimugil seheli (Fabricius, 1775)

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
Crenimugil seheli (Fabricius, 1775)
Name authority
(Fabricius, 1775)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Mugiliformes
Family
Mugilidae
Genus
Crenimugil
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. genusCrenimugil Schultz, 1946
  13. speciesCrenimugil seheli (Fabricius, 1775)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Crenimugil buchanani (Bleeker, 1853)MugilidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Crenimugil heterocheilos (Bleeker, 1855)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 caeruleomaculatus (Lacepède, 1803) (Lacepède, 1803)synonym
Moolgarda delicata (Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) (Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)synonym
Mugil axillaris Valenciennes, 1836 Valenciennes, 1836synonym
Mugil borbonicus Valenciennes, 1836 Valenciennes, 1836synonym
Mugil caeruleomaculatus Lacepède, 1803 Lacepède, 1803synonym
Mugil seheli (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775)synonym
Mullus malabaricus Shaw, 1804 Shaw, 1804synonym
Mugil decemradiatus Günther, 1861 Günther, 1861synonym
Mugil coeruleomaculatus Lacepède, 1803 Lacepède, 1803synonym
Valamugil delicata (Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) (Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)synonym
Valamugil seheli (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775)synonym
Moolgarda pura Whitley, 1945 Whitley, 1945synonym
Mugil caruleomaculatus Lacepède, 1803 Lacepède, 1803synonym
Mugil crenilabis seheli Fabricius, 1775 Fabricius, 1775synonym
Cyprinodon chantrei Gaillard, 1895 Gaillard, 1895synonym
Liza seheli (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775)synonym
Mugil bleekeri Günther, 1861 Günther, 1861synonym
Mugil caeruleomaculata Lacepède, 1803 Lacepède, 1803synonym
Mugil caeruleornaculatus Lacepède, 1803 Lacepède, 1803synonym
Mugil cylindricus Valenciennes, 1836 Valenciennes, 1836synonym
Mugil delicatus Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 Alleyne & Macleay, 1877ambiguous synonym
Mugil seheh (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775)synonym
Moolgarda seheli (Fabricius, 1775) (Fabricius, 1775)synonym
Aphanius chantrei (Gaillard, 1895) (Gaillard, 1895)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=1043477 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:KV6ZL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.