Sicamugil
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Sicamugil is one genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 among 17 genera containing all together about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Mugilidae
Mullet (fish)
The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...

 commonly known as mullet
Mullet (fish)
The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...

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The genus Sicamugil contains two species.

Species

  • Burmese mullet Sicamugil hamiltonii
  • Yellowtail mullet Sicamugil cascasia


2 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)
Sicamugil cascasia Yellowtail mullet Mugil cascasia Hamilton, 1822
Sicamugil hamiltonii Burmese mullet Mugil hamiltonii Day, 1870
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