About this species
Moolgarda crenilabis, the fringelip mullet, is a member of ray-finned fish in the family Mugilidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Moolgarda crenilabis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Chelon crenilabis, Crenimugil crenilabis, Crenimugil crenilabris, Crenimugli crenilabris, Liza crenilabis, Liza lauvergnii, Mugil cirrhostomus, Mugil crenilabis, Mugil crenilabris, Mugil fasciatus, Mugil lauvergnii, Mugil macrocheilos, Mugil macrocheilus, Mugil neocaledonicus, Mugil neocalidonicus, Mugil rueppellii, Mugil ruppellii, Oedalechilus cirrhostomus, Querimana crenilabis
Similar species
- Flathead grey mullet
Mugil cephalus
Diamond-scaled MulletEllochelon vaigiensis
- blue-spot mullet
Crenimugil seheli
- Longarm mullet
Osteomugil cunnesius
- Bigscale Mullet
Planiliza macrolepis
- Brown-backed Mullet
Planiliza subviridis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
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