Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Angulo, Arturo, 2021, New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5083 (1), pp. 1-72 : 59

Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Flathead Grey Mullet, Grey Mullet, Striped Mullet; Lisa Común, Lisa Pardete, Lisa Rayada.

Distribution: Global: 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 2019, Neves et al. 2020); Costa Rica: To (Atlantic), 0– 3 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

References: Angulo et al. (2013: 1003; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 791; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 791; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).