Oedalechilus
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Oedalechilus 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 Oedalechilus contains two species.
[edit] Species
- Boxlip mullet Oedalechilus labeo
- Hornlip mullet Oedalechilus labiosus
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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| Oedalechilus labeo | Boxlip mullet | Mugil labeo Cuvier, 1829 |
| Oedalechilus labiosus | Hornlip mullet | Mugil labiosus Valenciennes, 1836 |
