# Boxlip mullet > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boxlip_mullet > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boxlip_mullet.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxlip_mullet > Source revision: 1314011096 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Species of ray-finned fish 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) The **boxlip mullet** (***Oedalechilus labeo***) is a species of [ray-finned fish](/source/Ray-finned_fish) in the [mullet family](/source/Mugilidae) which is found in the eastern Atlantic from [Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar) to Morocco, it is found in the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) but not the [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea). It is the only species in the [monospecific](/source/Monotypy) [genus](/source/Genus) *Oedalechilus*.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Morais, L.; Knudsen, S. & Harold, A. (2015). ["*Oedalechilus labeo* (Europe assessment)"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198672/45143566). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2015** e.T198672A45143566. Retrieved 27 April 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Fishbase_2-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["*Oedalechilus labeo*"](https://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Oedalechilus&speciesname=labeo). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2018 version. v t e 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) Diamond mullet (P. alata) Keeled mullet (P. carinata) So-iuy mullet (P. haematocheilus) Klunzinger's mullet (P. klunzingeri) Eastern keelback mullet (P. lauvergnii) 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 Oedalechilus labeo Wikidata: Q1811702 Wikispecies: Oedalechilus labeo BOLD: 493851 CoL: 74HV8 EUNIS: 10331 FishBase: 16324 GBIF: 2400921 iNaturalist: 118617 IRMNG: 11296176 ITIS: 630337 NCBI: 48196 Observation.org: 797344 OBIS: 126984 Open Tree of Life: 418637 Plazi: E0E5E4DB-9315-DDC2-9267-DE00EDD682AC WoRMS: 126984 This Mugiliformes-related article is a stub. 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