Sicamugil
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| Sicamugil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Sicamugil |
Sicamugil is one genus among 17 genera containing all together about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family Mugilidae commonly known as mullet. The genus Sicamugil contains two species.
[edit] Species
- Burmese mullet Sicamugil hamiltonii
- Yellowtail mullet Sicamugil cascasia
2 species in this genus are recorded in Fishbase (March 2007). (Links in the following table are to Fishbase entries for species)
| Species name (2007) | Common name | Nominal species (historic) |
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| Sicamugil cascasia | Yellowtail mullet | Mugil cascasia Hamilton, 1822 |
| Sicamugil hamiltonii | Burmese mullet | Mugil hamiltonii Day, 1870 |
