There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: •
Mugil bananensis Pellegrin, 1927 (Banana mullet) •
Mugil brevirostris A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 •
Mugil rubrioculus I. J. Harrison,
Nirchio,
C. de Oliveira,
Ron &
Gaviria, 2007 •
Mugil setosus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Liseta mullet) •
Mugil thoburni D.S. Jordan &
Starks, 1896 (Thoburn's mullet) •
Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875 (Fantail mullet) The oldest known member of the family is †
Mugil princeps Agassiz, 1843 from the latest
Oligocene-aged
Aix-en-Provence Formation of France. When calibrated with this fossil species, molecular phylogenies suggest that the modern evolutionary radiation of
Mugil arose about 30 million years ago. ==References==