Chelon
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| Chelon | |
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| Chelon labrosus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Chelon Artedi, 1793[1] |
Chelon is one of the 17 genera of the family Mugilidae (commonly known as mullet). Altogether, these genera have about 80 species of ray-finned fish. The genus Chelon itself contains three species.
[edit] Species
- Chelon bispinosus (Bowdich, 1825) - Cape Verde mullet[2]
- Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) - Thicklip grey mullet[3]
- Chelon planiceps (Valenciennes, 1836)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Artedi P. (1793). Ichth., syn., 118.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "Chelon bispinosus" in FishBase. June 2010 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "Chelon labrosus" in FishBase. June 2010 version.
