| Myxus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Myxus |
Myxus is one genus among 17 genera containing all together about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family Mugilidae commonly known as mullet. The genus Myxus contains four species.
4 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Myxus capensis | Freshwater mullet | Mugil euronotus Smith, 1846; Mugil capensis Valenciennes, 1836; Trachystoma euronotus (Smith, 1846) |
| Myxus elongatus | Sand grey mullet | Myxus elongatus Günther, 1861 |
| Myxus multidens | Trachystoma multidens Ogilby, 1888 | |
| Myxus petardi | Mugil petardi Castelnau, 1875 |