@article{fdi:010064214, title = {{M}itochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets ({A}canthopterygii : {M}ugilidae) suggests high proportion of cryptic species}, author = {{D}urand, {J}ean-{D}ominique and {B}orsa, {P}hilippe}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he low level of morphometric variability and the poor phylogenetic information borne by the morpho-anatomical characters used thus far in the systematics of grey mullets ({M}ugilidae) emphasize the utility of molecular systematics in this family. {A} recent mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets has uncovered multiple deep lineages within several species, flagging putative cryptic species. {H}ere, we considered that several of the deeply divergent lineages represent separate species based on either the tree topology, independent data from nuclear markers, geographic distributions, or a combination of the foregoing. {B}y analogy with these well-documented cases, we considered other deep lineages in seven genera we focused on to represent putative cryptic species. {U}p to two cryptic species were thus potentially detected in the genus {C}helon, three in {C}renimugil (including two within the single {C}renimugil seheli), two in {D}ajaus, one in {E}llochelon, 16 in {M}ugil (including 13 within the single {M}. cephalus), two in {O}steomugil, and 10 in {P}laniliza. {W}herever possible, we kept the current species epithets to designate those lineages that unambiguously correspond to the type material, based on type locality, and we assigned arbitrary letters (sp. {A}, {B}, etc.) to the other lineages. {W}e present a molecular diagnosis for 24 of the species analysed in this work, as well as for 25 putative cryptic species.}, keywords = {{M}olecular taxonomy ; {R}evision ; {C}helon ; {C}renimugil ; {D}ajaus ; {E}llochelon ; {M}ugil ; {O}steomugil ; {P}laniliza}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{C}omptes {R}endus {B}iologies}, volume = {338}, numero = {4}, pages = {266--277}, ISSN = {1631-0691}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1016/j.crvi.2015.01.007}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064214}, }