The mullets or grey mullets are a family (Mugilidae) of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and some species in fresh water. [1] Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times.

鲻科，Mugilidae (G. Cuvier, 1829)，属鲻形目鲻亚目的一科鱼类。体延长，微侧扁，略呈圆柱体形。头中大，常宽而平扁。口小，端位或近下位。前颌骨能伸出；颌齿细小或无齿。

鯔科（學名： Mugilidae ）為鯔形目（學名： Mugiliformes ）的唯一科，屬輻鳍魚綱 卵附系。 [2]

鲻是鲻形目鲻科鱼类。体延长，前部近圆筒形，后部侧扁；头适中，顶部平，两侧略凸，向腹面倾斜；吻宽短；眼大，脂眼脸发达；眼间隔宽平；口下位，略呈人字形；下颌前端有突起，可嵌入上颌相对的凹陷中；上下颌边缘具绒毛细齿；尾鳍叉形。头及体背青黑色，体侧上半部有7条黑色纵 …

The catadromous mullets (Mugilidae) spawn in offshore SW waters, and the newly hatched larvae drift shoreward into saltmarshes and estuaries where they develop into juveniles (Moore, 1974; McDowall, 1988; Nordlie, 2000).

Species/Synonymy list for the family Mugilidae as currently in FishBase Important recommendation: The list below must not be used as an authority reference synonymy list like those found in scientific published revisions, which must be the source to be used and cited eventually when they exist.

｜ 作者：臺灣魚類資料庫 ｜ 資料提供：臺灣魚類資料庫 ｜ 來源學名：Mugilidae ｜ 上次更新：2024-09-04 棲地 棲息範圍廣，通常於沿近海域，但經常進入河口區及淡水域。

2023年5月15日 · This review examines the published literature on the distribution and species richness of the family Mugilidae around six continents as well as their phylogenetic relationships in a time-calibrated t...

2012年7月1日 · The Mugilidae (or grey mullets) is a speciose family of Teleostean fishes, which has representatives in various coastal aquatic habitats of the world’s tropical, subtropical and temperate regions (Thomson, 1966).

鯔魚，又稱烏魚、烏頭、青頭仔（幼魚）、奇目仔（成魚）、信魚、正烏，為鯔屬的一種魚，是一種廣鹽、廣溫、適應性強的魚種，亦屬季節性的洄游魚類，廣泛分佈于熱帶、亞熱帶及温带的鹹淡水域中。 [1]