WoRMS taxon details
Osteomugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858)
1043470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1043470)
accepted
Species
Agonostoma birarae Duncker & Mohr, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chelon engeli (Bleeker, 1858) · unaccepted
Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858) · unaccepted
Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted
Mugil kandavensis Günther, 1877 · unaccepted
Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Conspectus specierum Mugilis Archipelagi indici analyticus. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 16 (no. 2): 275-280. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Osteomugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1043470 on 2026-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Conspectus specierum Mugilis Archipelagi indici analyticus. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 16 (no. 2): 275-280. [details]
original description (of Agonostoma birarae Duncker & Mohr, 1926) Duncker, G.; Mohr, E. (1926). Die Fische der Südsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908-09. 2. Teil (Belonidae, Hemirhamphidae, Exocoetidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Mugilidae, Atherinidae, Melanotaeniidae). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> v. 42: 126-136. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Agonostoma birarae Duncker & Mohr, 1926) Duncker, G.; Mohr, E. (1926). Die Fische der Südsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908-09. 2. Teil (Belonidae, Hemirhamphidae, Exocoetidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Mugilidae, Atherinidae, Melanotaeniidae). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> v. 42: 126-136. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mugil kandavensis Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chelon engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Moolgarda engeli) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Agonostoma birarae Duncker & Mohr, 1926)
To Fishbase (from synonym Agonostoma birarae Duncker & Mohr, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Chelon engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil kandavensis Günther, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chelon melinoptera USNM 403224 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Moolgarda engeli USNM 442249 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Osteomugil engeli USNM 442245 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Osteomugil engeli USNM 442247 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valamugil engeli USNM 439830 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valamugil engeli USNM 439840 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mugil kandavensis Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chelon engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Moolgarda engeli) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Agonostoma birarae Duncker & Mohr, 1926)
To Fishbase (from synonym Agonostoma birarae Duncker & Mohr, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Chelon engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil kandavensis Günther, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Mugil engeli Bleeker, 1858)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chelon melinoptera USNM 403224 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Moolgarda engeli USNM 442249 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Osteomugil engeli USNM 442245 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Osteomugil engeli USNM 442247 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valamugil engeli USNM 439830 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valamugil engeli USNM 439840 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Valamugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858))
