Mugil is one genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 among 17 genera containing all together about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Mugilidae

Mullet (fish)

The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...

 commonly known as mullet

Mullet (fish)

The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...

. The genus Mugil contains 17 species.

Species

• Banana mullet, (Mugil bananensis)
• Broussonnet's mullet, (Mugil broussonnetii)
• Dwarf mullet, (Mugil curvidens)
• Fantail mullet, (Mugil gyrans)
• Galapagos mullet, (Mugil galapagensis)
• Hospe mullet, (Mugil hospes)
• Liseta mullet, (Mugil setosus)
• Liza, (Mugil liza
  Mugil liza
  The Liza or Lebranche mullet is a species of fish in the Mugilidae family. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea and is fished commercially.-Description:...
  
  )
• Mullet, (Mugil rammelsbergii)
• Narrowhead grey mullet, (Mugil capurrii)
• Parassi mullet, (Mugil incilis)
• Striped mullet, (Mugil cephalus)
• White mullet, (Mugil curema)
• Mugil gaimardianus
• Mugil platanus
• Mugil trichodon

Note that the species with common name

Common name

A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...

 Liza is in this genus Mugil, and not in the genus Liza as might be expected.

17 species in this genus are recorded in Fishbase (March 2007).
(Links in the following table are to Fishbase entries for species)

Species name (2007)	Common name	Nominal species (historic)
Mugil bananensis	Banana mullet	Myxus bananensis Pellegrin, 1927
Mugil broussonnetii	Broussonnet's mullet	Mugil broussonnetii Valenciennes, 1836; Myxus malayanus Herre, 1936
Mugil capurrii	Narrowhead grey mullet	Mugil monodi Chabanaud, 1926; Myxus capurrii Perugia, 1892
Mugil cephalus	Striped mullet	Mugil our Forsskål, 1775; Mugil provensalis Risso, 1810; Mugil tang Bloch, 1794; Mugil japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845; Mugil lineatus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil mexicanus Steindachner, 1876; Myxus pacificus Steindachner, 1900; Mugil ashanteensis Bleeker, 1863; Mugil albula Linnaeus, 1766; Myxus superficialis Klunzinger, 1870; Mugil dobula Günther, 1861; Mugil gelatinosus Klunzinger, 1872; Mugil grandis Castelnau, 1879; Mugil hypselosoma Ogilby, 1897; Mugil muelleri Klunzinger, 1880; Mugil mulleri Klunzinger, 1880; Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873; Mugil crenilabis our Forsskål, 1775; Mugil cephalotus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil cephalus ashanteensis Bleeker, 1863; Myxus caecutiens Günther, 1876; Myxus barnardi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1914; Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Mugil curema	White mullet	Myxus harengus Günther, 1861; Mugil metzelaari Chabanaud, 1926; Mugil petrosus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil curvidens	Dwarf mullet	Mugil curvidens Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil longicauda Guitart Manday & Alvarez-Lajonchere, 1976
Mugil gaimardianus		Mugil gaimardianus Desmarest, 1831
Mugil galapagensis	Galapagos mullet	Mugil galapagensis Ebeling, 1961
Mugil gyrans	Fantail mullet	Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert, 1884
Mugil hospes	Hospe mullet	Mugil hospes Jordan & Culver, 1895
Mugil incilis	Parassi mullet	Mugil guentheri Steindachner, 1866; Mugil incilis Hancock, 1830
Mugil liza	Liza	Mugil lebranchus Poey, 1860; Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil platanus		Mugil platanus Günther, 1880
Mugil rammelsbergii	Mullet	Mugil rammelsbergii Tschudi, 1846
Mugil setosus	Liseta mullet	Mugil setosus Gilbert, 1892
Mugil trichodon		Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875