Oedalechilus labeo (Cuvier, 1829) is a animal in the Mugilidae family, order Mugiliformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Oedalechilus labeo (Cuvier, 1829)
Oedalechilus labeo, the boxlip mullet, is the only species in the monospecific mullet genus Oedalechilus, found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.
Boxlip mullet, whose scientific name is Oedalechilus labeo, is a species of ray-finned fish that belongs to the mullet family. This species is distributed in the eastern Atlantic, ranging from Gibraltar to Morocco, and it occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, but it is not present in the Black Sea. Oedalechilus is a monospecific genus, and Oedalechilus labeo is the only species classified within this genus.
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Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834)
Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836
Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827)
Neomyxus leuciscus (Günther, 1872)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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