Múl·lids
Els múl·lids (Mullidae) constitueixen una família de peixos actinopterigis de l'ordre dels perciformes.[1] El moll de roca i el moll de fang en són els representants més coneguts als Països Catalans.
Mullidae | |
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Mulloidichthys vanicolensis | |
Taxonomia | |
Superregne | Holozoa |
Regne | Animalia |
Fílum | Chordata |
Classe | Actinopteri |
Ordre | Perciformes |
Família | Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
Morfologia
modifica- Són de petites dimensions (màxim de 60 cm).
- Presència de dues aletes dorsals ben espaiades
- Aletes pelvianes en posició toràcica.
- Perfil cefàlic molt inclinat.
- Dues barbetes a la mandíbula.
- Ulls molt grossos i en posició molt alta.
- Nombre de vèrtebres: 24.
- Presenten colors sovint vistosos i variables.[2][3]
Alimentació
modificaS'alimenten d'invertebrats bentònics o de peixets.[4]
Distribució geogràfica
modificaViuen a les mars i oceans de tropicals i temperades.[3]
Observacions
modificaLa majoria d'espècies de múl·lids són pescades per la seva carn saborosa.[4]
Taxonomia
modificaInclou 6 gèneres i 55 espècies marines.
- Gènere Mulloidichthys (Whitley, 1929)[5]
- Gènere Mullus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Mullus argentinae (Hubbs i Marini, 1933)[10]
- Mullus auratus (Jordan i Gilbert, 1882)
- Moll de fang (Mullus barbatus) (Linnaeus, 1758)[11][12]
- Moll de roca (Mullus surmuletus) (Linnaeus, 1758)[11]
- Gènere Parupeneus (Bleeker, 1863)
- Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852)[13]
- Parupeneus barberinus (Lacépède, 1801)[14]
- Parupeneus biaculeatus (Richardson, 1846)
- Parupeneus bifasciatus (Lacépède, 1801)[15][16]
- Parupeneus chrysonemus (Jordan i Evermann, 1903)
- Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck i Schlegel, 1843)
- Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacépède, 1802)[17]
- Parupeneus crassilabris (Valenciennes, 1831)
- Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacépède, 1801)[15]
- Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir i Guézé, 1976)[18]
- Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacépède, 1802)[17]
- Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803)[19]
- Parupeneus insularis (Randall i Myers, 2002)[20]
- Parupeneus jansenii (Bleeker, 1856)
- Parupeneus louise (Randall, 2004)
- Parupeneus macronemus (Lacépède, 1801)[15]
- Parupeneus margaritatus (Randall i Guézé, 1984)
- Parupeneus moffitti (Randall i Myers), 1993
- Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy i Gaimard, 1824)[21]
- Parupeneus orientalis (Fowler, 1933)[22]
- Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)[23]
- Parupeneus porphyreus (Jenkins, 1903)[24]
- Parupeneus posteli (Fourmanoir y Guézé, 1967)
- Parupeneus procerigena (Kim i Amaoka, 2001)[25]
- Parupeneus rubescens (Lacépède, 1801)[15]
- Parupeneus signatus (Günther, 1867)
- Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)
- Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacépède, 1801)
- Gènere Pseudupeneus (Bleeker, 1862)
- Pseudupeneus grandisquamis (Gill, 1863)[26][27]
- Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch, 1793)[28]
- Pseudupeneus orientalis (Fowler, 1933)
- Pseudupeneus prayensis (Cuvier, 1829)[29]
- Gènere Upeneichthys (Bleeker, 1855)
- Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch i Schneider, 1801)[30]
- Upeneichthys stotti (Platell, Potter i Clarke, 1998)[31]
- Upeneichthys vlamingii (Cuvier, 1829)[29]
- Gènere Upeneus (Cuvier, 1829)[32][33]
- Upeneus arge (Jordan i Evermann, 1903)[34]
- Upeneus asymmetricus (Lachner, 1954)[35]
- Upeneus australiae (Kim i Nakaya, 2002)[36]
- Upeneus crosnieri (Fourmanoir i Guézé, 1967)[37]
- Upeneus davidaromi (Golani, 2001)[38]
- Upeneus doriae (Günther, 1869)[39]
- Upeneus filifer (Ogilby, 1910)[40]
- Upeneus francisi (Randall i Guézé, 1992)[41]
- Upeneus guttatus (Day, 1868)[42]
- Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)[43][44]
- Upeneus luzonius (Jordan i Seale, 1907)[45]
- Upeneus mascareinsis (Fourmanoir i Guézé, 1967)[37]
- Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855)[46]
- Upeneus mouthami (Randall i Kulbicki, 2006)[47]
- Upeneus parvus (Poey, 1852)[48]
- Upeneus pori (Ben-Tuvia i Golani, 1989)[49]
- Upeneus quadrilineatus (Cheng i Wang, 1963)[50]
- Upeneus subvittatus (Temminck i Schlegel, 1843)[51]
- Upeneus sulphureus (Cuvier, 1829)[29]
- Upeneus sundaicus (Bleeker, 1855)[46]
- Upeneus taeniopterus (Cuvier, 1829)[29]
- Upeneus tragula (Richardson, 1846)[52]
- Upeneus vittatus (Forsskål, 1775)[53]
- Upeneus xanthogrammus (Gilbert, 1892)[54][55][56][57][58][59]
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- ↑ 4,0 4,1 ZipCodeZoo.com (anglès)
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- ↑ Hubbs, C. L. i T. L. Marini 1933: Nueva especie de Mullidae para la Argentina: Mullus argentinae. Physis (Buenos Aires) v. 11 (núm. 39): 346.
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