Corsula | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Mugiliformes |
Family: | Mugilidae |
Genus: | Rhinomugil T.N. Gill, 1863 |
Species: | R. corsula |
Binomial name | |
Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton, 1822) | |
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The corsula (Rhinomugil corsula) is a species of ray-finned fish from the mullet family Mugilidae. It is found in the rivers and estuaries of southern Asia, in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. [2] It is presently regarded as the only species in the monospecific genus Rhinomugil. [3]
It is known in the aquarium trade as the Indian or false four-eyed fish, as the eyes are parted horizontally to enable the fish to see above and below the water surface at the same time, as with the South American four-eyed fish of the genus Anableps . [4]
Squalomugil ; similar monotypic genus from Australasia, former congener.