Sicamugil

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

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

[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)
Sicamugil cascasia Yellowtail mullet Mugil cascasia Hamilton, 1822
Sicamugil hamiltonii Burmese mullet Mugil hamiltonii Day, 1870