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