Mugil curema Valenciennes

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3803.1.1
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mugil curema Valenciennes
status

Treatment

Mugil curema Valenciennes View in CoL in Cuv. & Val. 1836 — White Mullet

Listed as Mugil brasiliensis by Cope (1871:481) and as M. curema by Fowler (1919:144).

Justification : UF 180890 (1, 242 mm SL), Salt River and UF 180899 (8, 25–68 mm SL), Frederiksted; ZMUC P.71464–70 (7, 60–120 mm SL), Christiansted, Jan. 1906; listed as "common" by Clavijo et al. (1980:23) .

Distribution: WA (BD, FL, GOM, BA, GA,VI, LA,WC, nSA, sSA), EA, EP.

Remarks: Beatty (1944:178) stated "enters fresh water streams."