Boxlip mullet
Species of ray-finned fish
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The boxlip mullet (Oedalechilus labeo) is a species of ray-finned fish in the mullet family which is found in the eastern Atlantic from Gibraltar to Morocco, it is found in the Mediterranean Sea but not the Black Sea. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Oedalechilus.[2]
| Boxlip mullet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Oedalechilus Fowler, 1903 |
| Species: | O. labeo |
| Binomial name | |
| Oedalechilus labeo G. Cuvier, 1829 | |
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