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1904:Mugiliformes
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1626:Mugil curema
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436:Mugiliformes
399:White mullet
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373:Mugil curema
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197:Valenciennes
190:Mugil curema
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138:Mugiliformes
29:
18:Mugil curema
1779:NatureServe
1717:iNaturalist
1650:Wikispecies
1579:Trachystoma
1554:Squalomugil
1492:P. capensis
1479:Pseudomyxus
1467:P. labiosus
1416:P. persicus
1345:P. carinata
1293:P. parmatus
1226:O. robustus
1061:M. thoburni
965:M. cephalus
954:M. capurrii
906:M. cascasia
881:J. pichardi
877:Bobo mullet
770:C. pedaraki
675:C. labrosus
665:C. dumerili
591:Chaenomugil
540:A. forsteri
527:Aldrichetta
494:Agonostomus
247:Nova Scotia
1953:Categories
1592:T. petardi
1567:S. nasutus
1517:R. corsula
1504:Rhinomugil
1454:Plicomugil
1326:P. affinis
1284:P. georgii
1248:Parachelon
1217:O. perusii
1181:Osteomugil
1052:M. setosus
1019:M. incilis
843:Gracimugil
818:Ellochelon
732:Crenimugil
711:C. saliens
629:C. auratus
505:A. catalai
397:Photos of
309:References
1529:Sicamugil
1407:P. parsia
1306:Planiliza
1273:Paramugil
1201:O. engeli
1106:Neochelon
1010:M. hospes
975:M. curema
893:Minimugil
781:C. seheli
690:C. ramada
552:Cestraeus
484:Mugilidae
440:(Mullets)
303:estuarine
222:Mugilidae
166:Species:
148:Mugilidae
104:Kingdom:
98:Eukaryota
1784:2.103591
1735:10144702
1691:FishBase
1641:Q1818649
1635:Wikidata
1337:P. alata
1199:Kanda (
1169:O. labeo
1131:Neomyxus
458:Chordata
452:Animalia
450:Kingdom
438:species
380:FishBase
299:plankton
243:Cape Cod
144:Family:
118:Chordata
114:Phylum:
108:Animalia
94:Domain:
71:IUCN 3.1
1870:ZooBank
1709:2400641
1513:Corsula
1030:M. liza
868:Joturus
456:Phylum
279:Florida
267:schools
255:Senegal
251:Namibia
154:Genus:
134:Order:
124:Class:
69: (
1862:159416
1836:418643
1823:159416
1810:234806
1761:190168
1748:170336
1722:179537
1317:P. abu
793:Dajaus
616:Chelon
468:Order
462:Class
199:, 1836
1964:Mugil
1900:This
1857:WoRMS
1844:Plazi
1797:48194
1768:NAS:
1730:IRMNG
1683:44J4Q
1670:11399
1081:Myxus
918:Mugil
295:algae
159:Mugil
1910:stub
1818:OBIS
1792:NCBI
1756:IUCN
1743:ITIS
1704:GBIF
1696:1086
1665:BOLD
338:2019
281:and
253:to
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342:doi
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