Mugil curema ';
General information
 
Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836
 
 
Common nameWhite mullet
Synonyms
Diapterus limnaeus Schultz, 1949
Liza curema (Valenciennes, 1836)
Mugil petrosus Valenciennes, 1836
Myxus harengus Gunther, 1861
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Saltwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Ovalentaria; Mugilomorphae; Mugilidae.
Geographical distribution
Angola; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Mexico; Canada; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Chile; Ecuador; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; El Salvador; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Benin; Cape Verde; Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Togo
Occurrence Native: Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Island, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (USA), Benin, Cape Verde, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Togo
Importance
Food
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Paranagua Bay, Parana, Brazil
Source of chromosomes
Culture
Number of specimens with sex
Not reported
Diploid chromosome number
28
Karyotype formula
20m+4st+4a
Fundamental arm number
48
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Not reported
Reference(s)
Cipriano RR, Fenocchio AS, Artoni RF, Molina W, Noleto RB, Kantek DLZ, Cestari MM (2008). Chromosomal Studies of Five Species of the Marine Fishes From the Paranagua Bay and the Karyotypic Diversity in the Marine Teleostei of the Brazilian Coast. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, (51)2: 303-314.