| Burmese mullet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Sicamugil Fowler, 1939 |
| Species: | S. hamiltonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sicamugil hamiltonii (Day, 1870) | |
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The Burmese mullet (Sicamugil hamiltonii) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a mullet belonging to the family Mugilidae. It is the only species in the genus Sicamugil. It is found in the drainage systems of the Sittang and Irrawaddy rivers in Myanmar.
Etymology
The Mullet is named in honor of Francis Hamilton-Buchanan (1762-1829).
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sicamugil hamiltonii". FishBase. February 2021 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MUGILIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Sicamugil hamiltonii | |
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