genus Mugil


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Noun1.genus Mugil - type genus of the Mugilidae: mulletsgenus Mugil - type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets
Mugil
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
family Mugilidae, Mugilidae - grey mullets
Mugil cephalus, striped mullet - most important commercial mullet in eastern United States
Mugil curema, white mullet - silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts
liza, Mugil liza - similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
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Mullets are abundant in the Brazilian aquatic ecosystems and they belonging to a single genus Mugil. The commercially exploited species of this genus in the coastal waters of Brazil are M.
Ectoparasitic crustaceans on mullet, Mugil curema (Osteichthyes: Mugilidae) in the coastal waters of Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil/Crustaceos ectoparasitos em tainha, Mugil curema (Osteichthyes: Mugilidae) nas aguas costeiras do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil
Mullet of the genus Mugil are common fish in artisanal fishing in temperate and tropical regions, and are captured in reef areas, tidelands, and along shallow beaches using seines and gillnets of different size mesh (Chavez, 1993).
Juvenile growth of white mullet Mugil curema (Teleostei: Mugilidae) in a coastal lagoon southwest of the gulf of California/Crecimiento de juveniles de la lisa blanca Mugil curema (Teleostei: Mugilidae) en una laguna costera del suroeste del golfo de California
Moreover, by comparing the data reported with that reported for global populations of Mugil cephalus (Rossi et al., 1998a), for which genetically differentiated populations share the chromosome complement and NOR location (Rossi et al., 1996), it is suggested that different rates of molecular/chromosomal evolution might act within the genus Mugil.
Comparative cytogenetic and allozyme analysis of Mugil rubrioculus and M. curema (Teleostei: mugilidae) from Venezuela/Analisis comparativo citogenetico y aloenzimatico de Mugil rubrioculus and M. curema (Teleostei: Mugilidae) de Venezuela/Analise comparativa citogenetica e aloenzimatica de mugil rubrioculus and M. curema (Teleostei: Mugilidae) de Venezuela

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