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Cestraeus is one of the 17 genera of the family Mugilidae (commonly known as mullet). Altogether, these genera have about 80 species of ray-finned fish. The genus Cestraeus itself contains only three species.
Species
- Goldie river mullet (Cestraeus goldiei)
- Lobed river mullet (Cestraeus plicatilis)
- 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 |