Folk taxonomy of the gray mullets (Mugilidae: Mugiliformes) in a marine extractivist reserve of northern Brazil Author Nascimento, Mayra RARE Brasil Organização, Avenida Governador José Malcher, 1094, Bairro Nazaré, 66055 - 260 Belém, PA, Brazil. (MN) mayra. nascimento @ ymail. com. mayra. nascimento@ymail.com Author Lutz, Ítalo Laboratório de Genética Aplicada, Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Universidade Federal do Pará, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro S / N, Bairro Aldeia, 68600 - 000 Bragança, PA, Brazil. (IL) italofreitas 91 @ hotmail. com (corresponding author). italofreitas91@hotmail.com Author Fernandes, Suélly Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Universidade Federal do Pará, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro S / N, Bairro Aldeia, 68600 - 000 Bragança, PA, Brazil. (SF) suellycrispereira @ hotmail. com, (CC) camilanacbio @ gmail. com. suellycrispereira@hotmail.com Author Cardoso, Camila Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Universidade Federal do Pará, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro S / N, Bairro Aldeia, 68600 - 000 Bragança, PA, Brazil. (SF) suellycrispereira @ hotmail. com, (CC) camilanacbio @ gmail. com. suellycrispereira@hotmail.com Author Rodrigues, Tatiane Medeiros Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Avenida Perimetral s / n, Bairro Guamá, Belém, PA, Brazil. (TMR) tnr. medeiros @ gmail. com, (BB) bianca @ ufpa. br. tnr.medeiros@gmail.com Author Oliva, Pedro Laboratório de Cartografia, Geoprocessamento e Modelagem, Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Universidade Federal do Pará, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro s / n, Bairro Aldeia, 68600 - 000 Bragança, PA, Brazil. (PO) chira. oliva @ gmail. com. chira.oliva@gmail.com Author Bentes, Bianca Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Avenida Perimetral s / n, Bairro Guamá, Belém, PA, Brazil. (TMR) tnr. medeiros @ gmail. com, (BB) bianca @ ufpa. br. tnr.medeiros@gmail.com text Neotropical Ichthyology 2022 e 220061 2022-12-19 20 4 1 17 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0061 journal article 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0061 1982-0224 11085470

TABLE 3 | Comparison of the folk and scientific taxonomies of the species of the genus Mugil (Menezes et al., 2015) identified by the artisanal fishers of the Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve in Bragança, northern Brazil.

Species	Ethnospecies	Fish characteristics
		Pectoral fin short and with dark patch over most of the basal portion; dark spot at the end of the second dorsal fin or slightly darker than the rest of the fin;
Mugil curema		eyes lack coloration in recently preserved specimens. Total length of 30 cm.
Valenciennes,	‘Tainha chata’
1836		Large head, eyes, and scales; flat head; jumps; smarter; grows a lot; red eyes. These fish disappear from the estuary in the winter. Mean total length of 39 cm.
Mugil rubrioculus Harrison,		Basal portion of the pectoral fin dark or dotted with small spots, which cover the base of the two unbranched rays; eyes redfish orange in recently preserved specimens. Total length of 26 cm.
Nirchio,	‘Tainha chata’
Oliveira, Ron & Gaviria, 2007		Large head, eyes, and scales; flat head; jumps; smarter; grows a lot; red eyes. These fish disappear from the estuary in the winter. Mean total length of 39 cm.
		Anal and second dorsal fins with fine scales, and reduced in number in the distal portion; 16 scales in the longitudinal line of the caudal peduncle. Total
Mugil		length of 21.3 cm.
trichodon	‘Tainha chata’
Poey, 1875		Large head, eyes, and scales; flat head; jumps; smarter; grows a lot; red eyes. These fish disappear from the estuary in the winter. Mean total length of 39 cm.
		This fish has 41–44 scales in a straight line from the base of the pectoral fin to the base of the caudal fin; the origin of the first spine of the dorsal fin is closer to the tip of the snout than to the base of the caudal fin. Total length of 34 cm.
Mugil incilis Hancock, 1830	‘Tainha grande’
		This fish grows a lot; it has a big, more angular head; it doesn’t jump; small scales close together. More abundant in the estuary in the winter. Mean total length of 42 cm.
		Anal fin and second dorsal fin with scales in the basal portion; pectoral fin with two spines and 14–17 rays; 29–40 scales in an oblique line from the base of
Mugil liza		the pectoral fin to the base of the caudal fin. Maximum total length of 100 cm.
Valenciennes, 1836	‘Tainha curimã’
		Large head, scales, and eyes; this fish grows more than all the others; medium black in color; flattened head. Mean total length of 68.1 cm.
		Origin of the first dorsal fin equidistant between the tip of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. End of the pectoral fin reaches or exceeds the origin of
Mugil		the spiny dorsal fin. Total length of 20.9 cm.
brevirostris Miranda	‘Caica/ Pratiqueira’
Ribeiro, 1915		Small eyes and scales; narrow body; thin head; doesn’t jump; this fish grows to only a small size and has a strong smell. Found in the estuary all year round. Mean total length of 22 cm.