Fig. 1: Distribution of the six species of Mugil fishes that are potentially sympatric at the Coral Coast MPA (highlighted in doted black line).

Each depicted species is surrounded by a rectangle with color matching the species distribution (Menezes et al. 2015; Barletta and Dantas 2016; Durand and Whitfield 2016; Pacheco-Almanzar et al. 2016). Dashed yellow line indicates the area where the occurrence of M. incilis has been debated (Menezes et al. 2015). Dashed black line indicates that individuals of all species except M. brevirostris may occur. Mugil incilis photo by A. Carvalho. The plot on the right corner represents a multiple factor analysis based on morphological traits (Neves et al. 2021); ellipses represent 95% confidence level.