- Cestraeus
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Cestraeus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Mugiliformes Family: Mugilidae Genus: Cestraeus Species 3 recognized species, see article.
Cestraeus is one of the 17 genera of the family Mugilidae (commonly known as mullet). Altogether, these genera have about 80 species of ray-finned fish. The genus Cestraeus itself contains only three species.
Species
- Goldie river mullet (Cestraeus goldiei)
- Lobed river mullet (Cestraeus plicatilis)
- Sharp-nosed river mullet (Cestraeus oxyrhyncus)
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) Cestraeus goldiei Goldie river mullet Aeschrichthys goldiei Macleay, 1883 Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Sharp-nosed river mullet Cestraeus oxyrhynchus Valenciennes, 1836; Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Valenciennes, 1836 Cestraeus plicatilis Lobed river mullet Cestraeus plicatilis Valenciennes, 1836 Categories:- Mugilidae
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