Boxlip mullet

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
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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
Synonyms
Mugil labeo Cuvier, 1829 Liza labeo (Cuvier, 1829)