Hornlip mullet

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Hornlip mullet
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Plicomugil
Species:
P. labiosus
Binomial name
Plicomugil labiosus
(Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Mugil labiosusValenciennes, 1836
  • Crenimugil labiosus(Valenciennes, 1836)
  • Oedalechilus labiosus(Valenciennes, 1836)

The hornlip mullet (Plicomugil labiosus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the mullet family from the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to Micronesia. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Plicomugil. [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plicomugil labiosus". FishBase . June 2018 version.