Burmese mullet
| Burmese mullet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Sicamugil Fowler, 1939 |
| Species: | S. hamiltonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sicamugil hamiltonii (Day, 1870) | |
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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]
Etymology
The Mullet is named in honor of Francis Hamilton-Buchanan (1762-1829).[2]
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sicamugil hamiltonii". FishBase. February 2021 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MUGILIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2022.