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{{Taxobox
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
| color = pink
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Cestraeus
| image =
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| image_caption = Lobed river mullet ''(C. plicatilis)''
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| taxon = Cestraeus
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| authority = [[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1836
| ordo = [[Mugiliformes]]
| type_species = ''Cestraeus plicatilis''
| familia = [[Mugilidae]]
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1836
| genus = ''[[Cestraeus]]''
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = See text
}}
}}

Cestraeus is one [[genus]] among 17 genera containing altogether about 80 species of [[ray-finned fish]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] ('''Mugilidae''') commonly known as [[Mullet (fish)|mullet]]. The genus Cestraeus contains 3 species.
'''''Cestraeus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[mullet (fish)|mullets]] found in rivers of [[Asia]] and [[Oceania]].

== Species ==
== Species ==
There are currently three recognised species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Cestraeus| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref>
* The '''Goldie river mullet''' ''Cestraeus goldiei''
* ''[[Cestraeus goldiei]]'' <small>([[William John Macleay|W. J. Macleay]], 1883)</small> – goldie river mullet
* The '''[[Lobed river mullet]]''' ''Cestraeus plicatilis''
* ''[[Cestraeus oxyrhyncus]]'' <small>Valenciennes, 1836</small> – sharp-nosed river mullet
* The '''Sharp-nosed river mullet''' ''Cestraeus oxyrhyncus''
* ''[[Cestraeus plicatilis]]'' <small>Valenciennes, 1836</small> – lobed river mullet


== References ==
{{Reflist}}


== External links==
3 species in this genus are recorded in [http://www.fishbase.org/search.php Fishbase] (March 2007).
* {{Commons category-inline|Cestraeus}}
(Links in the following table are to Fishbase entries for species.)
* {{Wikispecies-inline|''Cestraeus''}}
{| class="wikitable"

|---- valign="top"
{{Taxonbar|from=Q555827}}
! Species name (2007)
! Common name
! Nominal species (historic)
|---- valign="top"
|[http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=15278 ''Cestraeus goldiei'']
|Goldie river mullet
|''Aeschrichthys goldiei'' Macleay, 1883
|---- valign="top"
|[http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=15279 ''Cestraeus oxyrhyncus'']
|Sharp-nosed river mullet
|''Cestraeus oxyrhynchus'' Valenciennes, 1836; ''Cestraeus oxyrhyncus'' Valenciennes, 1836
|---- valign="top"
|[http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=15286 ''Cestraeus plicatilis'']
|Lobed river mullet
|''Cestraeus plicatilis'' Valenciennes, 1836
|}


[[Category:Mugilidae]]
[[Category:Mugilidae]]


{{Mugiliformes-stub}}

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Cestraeus

Cestraeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Cestraeus
Valenciennes, 1836
Type species
Cestraeus plicatilis
Valenciennes, 1836
Species

See text

Cestraeus is a genus of mullets found in rivers of Asia and Oceania.

Species[edit]

There are currently three recognised species in this genus:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cestraeus in FishBase. June 2012 version.

External links[edit]