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Revision as of 19:17, 2 March 2008
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Cestraeus 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 Cestraeus contains three species.
Species
- The Goldie river mullet Cestraeus goldiei
- The Lobed river mullet Cestraeus plicatilis
- The 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) |
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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 |