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View Mode View All Pictures Species Myxus elongatus Günther    Myxus elongatus was originally described as Myxus elongatus by Günther in 1861. It belongs to the family Mugilidae. It is commonly known as Sand grey mullet and is known Sand mullet in Australia, Myksa smukla in Poland, Sand mullet in United Kingdom, Sand grey mullet in United Kingdom. more common names It is found in Fresh, Brackish and Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   elongatus AuthorWI   Günther [A.] AuthorNI   Günther Qualification   --- Year   1861 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Mugiliformes Mugiliformes Family   Mugilidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Myxus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Mugiliformes Family   Mugilidae Genus   Myxus Original Name   Myxus         Taxon Name   elongatus Original Combination   Myxus elongatus Original Genus   Myxus Original Genus Species   Myxus elongatus OriginalSubGenus   Myxus Original Author   Günther Original AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1861 Original Family   Mugilidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Coast of Australia. Types   Syntypes: BMNH 1847.6.17.33 (1, right half skin), 1847.10.22.16 (1, left half skin). Primary Code   --- Journal   Cat. Fishes Citation   v. 3 Page   466 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Myxus elongatus Current Species   elongatus Current Genus Myxus Current AuthorWI Günther [A.] Current AuthorNI   Günther Current Year   1861 Current Family Mugilidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat freshwater, brackish, marine.         Water Fresh, Brackish and Salt water Habitat Notes Forms schools in shallow coastal waters and lower estuaries. Found in freshwater during its first year, seldom thereafter (Ref. 9812). Spawns near estuary mouths or in the sea (Ref. 9812). Feeds on small crustaceans and molluscs as well as microscopic algae (Ref. 2109). Marketet fresh or filleted (Ref. 9812). Depth Range From 1 to 10 meters.     Current Summary   Valid as Myxus elongatus  Günther 1861. Mugilidae.   Name History   •Valid as Myxus elongatus Günther 1861 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:110 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:50 [ref. 13251] with question, Kuiter 1993:263 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:663 [ref. 22532], Thomson in McDowall 1996:193 [ref. 22909], Allen 1997:176 [ref. 23977], Thomson 1997:475 [ref. 23428], Harrison & Senou 1999:2097 [ref. 24780], Johnson 1999:742 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Bray 2006:681 [ref. 29000], Gomon 2008:394 [ref. 30616], Durand et al. 2012:693 [ref. 32366], Durand 2016:32 [ref. 35589], Kuiter 2018:67 [ref. 36369]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 2 (33 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   analis Myxus analis Kner [R.] 1865 Uncertain bananensis Myxus bananensis Pellegrin [J.] 1927 Synonym barnardi Myxus barnardi Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1914 Synonym caecutiens Myxus caecutiens Günther [A.] 1876 Synonym calancalae Myxus calancalae de Beaufort [L. F.] 1940 Synonym capensis Pseudomyxus capensis (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836) Valid capurrii Myxus capurrii Perugia [A.] 1892 Synonym costaricana Myxus costaricana Borodin [N. A.] 1928 Uncertain cunnesius Myxus cunnesius (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836) Synonym curvidens Myxus curvidens (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836) Synonym euronotus Myxus euronotus (Smith [A.] 1846) Synonym flavus Myxus flavus Mohr [E.] 1927 Synonym goniocephalus Myxus goniocephalus Mohr [E.] 1927 Synonym harengus Myxus harengus Günther [A.] 1861 In family harengus costaricana Myxus harengus costaricana Borodin [N. A.] 1928 Uncertain lepidopterus Myxus lepidopterus Mohr [E.] 1927 Synonym leuciscus Myxus leuciscus Günther [A.] 1872 Synonym malayanus Myxus malayanus Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1936 In family maroccensis Myxus maroccensis Mohr [E.] 1927 Synonym multidens Myxus multidens (Ogilby [J. D.] 1888) Synonym niger Myxus niger Mohr [E.] 1927 Synonym pacificus Myxus pacificus Steindachner [F.] 1900 Uncertain parsia Myxus parsia (Hamilton [F.] 1822) Synonym petardi Myxus petardi (Castelnau [F. L.] 1875) Synonym philippinus Myxus philippinus Roxas [H. A.] 1934 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 2 (33 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…