Mugiliformes

Mugiliformes is a small order of percomorph fish in the clade Ovalentaria.^[1][2]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Clade:Ovalentaria

Order:Mugiliformes
Günther, 1880

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Mugiliformes Temporal range: Early Eocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Yellow-eye mullet (Aldrichetta forsteri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ovalentaria
Order:	Mugiliformes Günther, 1880
Families
Mugilidae Ambassidae

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This order is recognized by the Catalog of Fishes (2025). It contains only two families:^[3][4]

• Mugilidae Jarocki, 1822 - mullets^[5] (57 species)
• Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870 - Asiatic glassfishes (75 species)

Until recently, this order was restricted to only the mullets, but phylogenetic studies support the Asiatic glassfishes (previously placed as incertae sedis within the Ovalentaria)^[6] being their closest relatives. The order is thought to be the sister group to the Blenniiformes. Other authors instead treat this order as a clade within an expanded Blenniiformes, and also find the Congrogadidae to be allied with the mullet-glassfish clade.^[7]