{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Mugil hamiltonii Ford 75.jpg | parent_authority = [[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1939 | taxon = Sicamugil hamiltonii | authority = ([[Francis Day|Day]], 1870) | synonyms = * ''Mugil hamiltonii'' <small>Day, 1870</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{Fishbase|Sicamugil|hamiltonii|month=February|year=2021}}</ref> }}
The '''Burmese mullet''' (''Sicamugil hamiltonii'') is a [[species]] of freshwater [[ray-finned fish]], a mullet belonging to the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Mugilidae]]. It is the only species in the [[genus]] ''Sicamugil''. It is found in the drainage systems of the [[Sittaung River|Sittang]] and [[Irrawaddy River|Irrawaddy]] rivers in Myanmar.<ref name = Fishbase/>
==Etymology== The Mullet is named in honor of [[Francis Hamilton-Buchanan]] (1762–1829).<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/mugiliformes/ | title =Order MUGILIFORMES | access-date= 8 March 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Mulletfish}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q6411026}}
[[Category:Mugilidae]] [[Category:Taxa named by Francis Day]] [[Category:Fish described in 1870]]
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