Burmese mullet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Mugiliformes |
Family: | Mugilidae |
Genus: |
Sicamugil Fowler, 1939 |
Species: | S. hamiltonii
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Binomial name | |
Sicamugil hamiltonii (
Day, 1870)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Burmese mullet (Sicamugil hamiltonii) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a mullet belonging to the family Mugilidae. It is the only species in the genus Sicamugil. It is found in the drainage systems of the Sittang and Irrawaddy rivers in Myanmar. [1]
The Mullet is named in honor of Francis Hamilton-Buchanan (1762-1829). [2]