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Mullidae

Description

Mullidae

* Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 —Striped red mullet

Not recorded from Madeira by Ben-Tuvia in Whitehead et al. (1986: 879) or Ben-Tuvia in Quéro et al. (1990: 827-828) even though it is one of the most common coastal fish species there. Recorded by, for instance, Maul (1949), Nunes (1974: 209), and Wirtz (1994: 78).

Notes

Published as part of Wirtz, Peter, Fricke, Ronald & Biscoito, Manuel José, 2008, The coastal fishes of Madeira Island — new records and an annotated check-list, pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 1715 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274128

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Mullidae
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Quero, J. C., Hureau, J. C., Karrer, C., Post, A. & Saldanha, L. (1990) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic. 3 volumes. Lisbon.
  • Maul, G. E. (1949) Lista sistematica dos peixes assinalados nos mares da Madeira e indice alfabetico. pp 135 - 159. In: A. C. de Noronha & A. A. Sarmento (1949) Vertebrados da Madeira, 2 º Volume-Peixes. Junta Geral do Distrito Autonomo do Funchal.
  • Nunes, A. A. (1974) Peixes da Madeira. Junta Geral do Distrito Autonomo, Funchal. 284 pp.
  • Wirtz, P. (1994) Unterwasserfuhrer Madeira, Kanaren, Azoren: Fische - Underwater Guide Madeira, Canary Islands, Azores: Fish. Naglschmid Verlag, Stuttgart.