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Chelon is one genus among 17 containing altogether about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family (Mugilidae) commonly known as mullet.
[edit] Species
- Cape Verde mullet Chelon bispinosus
- So-iny mullet Chelon haematocheilus
- Thicklip grey mullet Chelon labrosus
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) |
| Chelon bispinosus |
Cape Verde mullet |
Liza nigrostrigatus (Günther, 1861); Mugil bispinosus Bowdich, 1825; Mugil nigrostrigatus Günther, 1861 |
| Chelon haematocheilus |
So-iny mullet |
Mugil haematocheilus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845; Liza menada Tanaka, 1916 |
| Chelon labrosus |
Thicklip grey mullet |
Mugil corrugatus Lowe, 1838; Mugil curtus Yarrell, 1836; Mugil septentrionalis Günther, 1861; Mugil labrosus Risso, 1827; Chelon chelo (Cuvier, 1829); Mugil chelo Cuvier, 1829; Mugil chelon Cuvier, 1829; Liza chelo (Cuvier, 1829) |
