Shark mullet

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Shark mullet
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Squalomugil
Ogilby, 1908
Species:
S. nasutus
Binomial name
Squalomugil nasutus
(De Vis, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Mugil nasutusDe Vis, 1883
  • Rhinomugil nasutus(De Vis, 1883)

The shark mullet (Squalomugil nasutus), also known as the sharp-nosed mullet, popeye mullet, or skipjack mullet, is a species of ray-finned fish from the grey mullet family Mugilidae. It is found in Australia and New Guinea where it occurs in muddy freshwater habitats and mangroves, it feeds on algae and insects taken from the surface but also on benthic invertebrates. It can breathe air and sometimes moves over exposed mud by wriggling. [1] It was formerly classified in the genus Rhinomugil , with the corsula (Rhinomugil corsula), but is now placed in its own monospecific genus, Squalomugil. [2]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Squalomugil nasutus" in FishBase . June 2018 version.
  2. Jean-Dominique Durand; Wei-Jen Chen; Kang-Ning Shen; Cuizhang Fue; Philippe Borsaf (2012). "Genus-level taxonomic changes implied by the mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae) (abstract)" (PDF). Comptes Rendus Biologies. 335 (10&11): 687–697. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2012.09.005. PMID   23199637.