Neomyxus

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Neomyxus

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Mugiliformes
Family:	Mugilidae
Genus:	Neomyxus Steindachner, 1878
Species:	N. leuciscus
Binomial name
*Neomyxus leuciscus* (Günther, 1872)

Neomyxus leuciscus, the acute-jawed mullet, is a species of mullet found in the tropical west and central Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in the genus Neomyxus.

Taxonomy

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Some older publications used the name Neomyxus chaptalli, but the holotype of Mugil chaptalli, MNHN 8100, is actually a specimen of the flathead grey mullet, rendering leuciscus the correct name for the sharp-nosed mullet.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

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^ GOSLINE, W. A., and V. E. BROCK. 1960. Handbook of Hawaiian fishes. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu.
^ Fourmanoir, P.M., M. Gressinger and Y. Plessis,1974 Faune ichthyologique des Gambiers. Cahiers du Pacifique 2/18:543-559.
^ Thomson, J.M. 1997. The Mugilidae of the world. Mem. Qld. Mus., 41(3):457-562.

Mugiliformes species (Mullets)

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Mugiliformes

Mugilidae

Agonostomus	Comoro mullet (A. catalai) Fairy mullet (A. telfairii)
Aldrichetta	Yellow-eye mullet (A. forsteri)
Cestraeus	Cestraeus goldiei Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Lobed river mullet (C. plicatilis)
Chaenomugil	Snouted mullet (C. proboscideus)
Chelon	Golden grey mullet (C. auratus) Cape Verde mullet (C. bispinosus) Diassanga mullet (C. bandialensis) Chelon caeruleus Grooved mullet (C. dumerili) Thicklip grey mullet (C. labrosus) Chelon natalensis Thinlip grey mullet (C. ramada) South African mullet (C. richardsonii) Leaping mullet (C. saliens) Striped mullet (C. tricuspidens)
Crenimugil	Bluetail mullet (C. buchanani) Fringelip mullet (C. crenilabis) Half fringelip mullet (C. heterocheilos) Longfin mullet (C. pedaraki) Bluespot mullet (C. seheli)
Dajaus	Mountain mullet (D. monticola)
Ellochelon	Squaretail mullet (E. vaigiensis)
Gracimugil	Flat-tail mullet (G. argenteus)
Joturus	Bobo mullet (J. pichardi)
Minimugil	Yellowtail mullet (M. cascasia)
Mugil	Banana mullet (M. bananensis) Mugil brevirostris Broussonnet's mullet (M. broussonnetii) Leaping African mullet (M. capurrii) Flathead grey mullet (M. cephalus) White mullet (M. curema) Dwarf mullet (M. curvidens) Redeye mullet (M. gaimardianus) Galapagos mullet (M. galapagensis) Hospe mullet (M. hospes) Parassi mullet (M. incilis) Lebranche mullet (M. liza) Mugil margaritae Mugil rubrioculus Liseta mullet (M. setosus) Thoburn's mullet (M. thoburni) Mugil trichodon
Myxus	Sand grey mullet (M. elongatus)
Neochelon	Sicklefin mullet (N. falcipinnis)
Neomyxus	Acute-jawed mullet (N. leuciscus)
Oedalechilus	Boxlip mullet (O. labeo)
Osteomugil	Longarm mullet (O. cunnesius) Kanda (O. engeli) Osteomugil formosae Longfinned mullet (O. perusii) Robust mullet (O. robustus) Speigler's mullet (O. speigleri)
Parachelon	Largescaled mullet (P. grandisquamis)
Paramugil	Silver mullet (P. georgii) Broad-mouthed mullet (P. parmatus)
Planiliza	Abu mullet (P. abu) Eastern keelback mullet (P. affinis) Diamond mullet (P. alata) Keeled mullet (P. carinata) So-iuy mullet (P. haematocheilus) Klunzinger's mullet (P. klunzingeri) Largescale mullet (P. macrolepis) Saint Lucia mullet (P. melinoptera) Indian mullet (P. mandapamensis) Planiliza ordensis Gold-spot mullet (P. parsia) Persian mullet (P. persicus) Tade gray mullet (P. planiceps) Greenback mullet (P. subviridis) Planiliza tade
Plicomugil	Hornlip mullet (P. labiosus)
Pseudomyxus	Freshwater mullet (P. capensis)
Rhinomugil	Corsula (R. corsula)
Sicamugil	Burmese mullet (S. hamiltonii)
Squalomugil	Shark mullet (S. nasutus)
Trachystoma	Pinkeye mullet (T. petardi)

Taxon identifiers
Neomyxus	Wikidata: Q2086308 Wikispecies: Neomyxus BOLD: 140620 CoL: 623L GBIF: 2400694 iNaturalist: 90240 IRMNG: 1440312 ITIS: 170360 NCBI: 1111477 Open Tree of Life: 117698 WoRMS: 270008
Neomyxus leuciscus	Wikidata: Q1914470 Wikispecies: Neomyxus leuciscus BOLD: 140621 CoL: 73VQP FishBase: 5652 GBIF: 2400695 iNaturalist: 210161 IRMNG: 10157573 ITIS: 170361 NCBI: 1111478 Observation.org: 805282 OBIS: 281693 Open Tree of Life: 74285 WoRMS: 281693

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