Oedalechilus

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

Oedalechilus 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 Oedalechilus contains two species.

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)
Oedalechilus labeo	Boxlip mullet	Mugil labeo Cuvier, 1829
Oedalechilus labiosus	Hornlip mullet	Mugil labiosus Valenciennes, 1836