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Species Name:    Mugil gyrans
Common Name:      (Fantail Mullet)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Mugilidae Mugil

The Fantail Mullet, Mugil gyrans.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Mugil gyrans (Jordan and Gilbert, 1884)

Common Name:
Fantail Mullet

Synonymy:
Mugil trichodon