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Boxlip mullet

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Boxlip mullet
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.[2]

References

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  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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