Cestraeus

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Cestraeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Cestraeus

Cestraeus is one genus among 17 containing altogether about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family (Mugilidae) commonly known as mullet.

[edit] Species

  • The Goldie river mullet Cestraeus goldiei
  • The Lobed river mullet Cestraeus plicatilis
  • The Sharp-nosed river mullet Cestraeus oxyrhyncus


3 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)
Cestraeus goldiei Goldie river mullet Aeschrichthys goldiei Macleay, 1883
Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Sharp-nosed river mullet Cestraeus oxyrhynchus Valenciennes, 1836; Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Valenciennes, 1836
Cestraeus plicatilis Lobed river mullet Cestraeus plicatilis Valenciennes, 1836
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