Neomyxus

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

Neomyxus is one genus among 17 genera containing altogether about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family Mugilidae commonly known as mullet. The genus Neomyxus contains two species.

[edit] Species

  • Acute-jawed mullet Neomyxus leuciscus
  • Neomyxus chaptalii

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)
Neomyxus&nbsp chaptalii Chaenomugil nauticus Bryan & Herre, 1903; Mugil chaptalii Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
Neomyxus leuciscus Acute-jawed mullet Myxus leuciscus Günther, 1872; Myxus sclateri Steindachner, 1878; Neomyxus sclateri (Steindachner, 1878)