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Cestraeus is one [[genus]] among 17 genera containing altogether about 80 species of [[ray-finned fish]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] ( |
'''''Cestraeus''''' is one [[genus]] among 17 genera containing altogether about 80 species of [[ray-finned fish]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Mullet (fish)|Mugilidae]] commonly known as [[Mullet (fish)|mullet]]. The genus ''Cestraeus'' contains three species. |
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== Species == |
== Species == |
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* The '''Goldie river mullet''' ''Cestraeus goldiei'' |
* The '''Goldie river mullet''' ''Cestraeus goldiei'' |
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* The '''[[Lobed river mullet]]''' ''Cestraeus plicatilis'' |
* The '''[[Lobed river mullet]]''' ''Cestraeus plicatilis'' |
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* The '''Sharp-nosed river mullet''' ''Cestraeus oxyrhyncus'' |
* The '''Sharp-nosed river mullet''' ''Cestraeus oxyrhyncus'' |
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3 species in this genus are recorded in [http://www.fishbase.org/search.php Fishbase] (March 2007). |
3 species in this genus are recorded in [http://www.fishbase.org/search.php Fishbase] (March 2007). |
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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 |