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Boxlip mullet

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Species of ray-finned fish

Boxlip mullet
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Oedalechilus
Fowler, 1903
Species: O. labeo
Binomial name
Oedalechilus labeo
G. Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
  • Mugil labeo Cuvier, 1829
  • Liza labeo (Cuvier, 1829)

The boxlip mullet (Oedalechilus labeo) is a species of ray-finned fish in the mullet family which is found in the eastern Atlantic from Gibraltar to Morocco, it is found in the Mediterranean Sea but not the Black Sea. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Oedalechilus.

References

  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Morais, L.; Knudsen, S. & Harold, A. (2015). "Oedalechilus labeo (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198672A45143566. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oedalechilus labeo". FishBase. June 2018 version.

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Mugiliformes species (Mullets)
Mugilidae
Agonostomus
Aldrichetta
Cestraeus
Chaenomugil
Chelon
Crenimugil
Dajaus
Ellochelon
Gracimugil
Joturus
Minimugil
Mugil
Myxus
Neochelon
Neomyxus
Oedalechilus
Osteomugil
Parachelon
Paramugil
Planiliza
Plicomugil
Pseudomyxus
Rhinomugil
Sicamugil
Squalomugil
Trachystoma
Taxon identifiers
Oedalechilus labeo


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