Chelon tricuspidens
| Chelon tricuspidens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Chelon |
| Species: | C. tricuspidens
|
| Binomial name | |
| Chelon tricuspidens (
J.L.B. Smith , 1935) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Chelon tricuspidens, the striped mullet, is a species of
Mugilidae. It is found in southern Africa where its known range comprises Mossel Bay and the Kosi Estuary in South Africa. Its habitatis muddy areas in estuaries.[1] This species and the Diassanga mullet (Chelon bandialensis) are closely related and these two taxa seem to have separated when the Benguela Current, as it exists today, was formed about 3-12 million years ago.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Chelon trucspidens" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ISBN 1482252139.