Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758

Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, Zootaxa 5376 (1), pp. 1-89 : 67

Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 . Flathead Grey Mullet, Grey Mullet, Striped Mullet; Liza, Lisa Común, Lisa Pardete, Lisa Rayada

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical waters; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; genetic analyses indicate that this comprises at least 14, mainly allopatric, species (Robertson & Van Tassell 2015, Neves et al. 2020); ( Nicaragua) KP, Es and BF (Atlantic); 0–5 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend stable. Literature: Villa (1982: 208; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 46; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 791; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 59; listed, including information on distribution).