# Burmese mullet

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Species of ray-finned fish

Burmese mullet Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Mugiliformes Family: Mugilidae Genus: Sicamugil Fowler, 1939 Species: S. hamiltonii Binomial name Sicamugil hamiltonii (Day, 1870) Synonyms[1] Mugil hamiltonii Day, 1870

The **Burmese mullet** (*Sicamugil hamiltonii*) is a [species](/source/Species) of freshwater [ray-finned fish](/source/Ray-finned_fish), a mullet belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Mugilidae](/source/Mugilidae). It is the only species in the [genus](/source/Genus) *Sicamugil*. It is found in the drainage systems of the [Sittang](/source/Sittaung_River) and [Irrawaddy](/source/Irrawaddy_River) rivers in Myanmar.[1]

## Etymology

The Mullet is named in honor of [Francis Hamilton-Buchanan](/source/Francis_Hamilton-Buchanan) (1762–1829).[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Fishbase_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Fishbase_1-1) [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["*Sicamugil hamiltonii*"](https://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Sicamugil&speciesname=hamiltonii). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. February 2021 version.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ETYFish_2-0)** Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). ["Order MUGILIFORMES"](http://www.etyfish.org/mugiliformes/). *The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database*. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

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 Sicamugil hamiltonii Wikidata: Q6411026 BOLD: 509766 CoL: 4X6VC EoL: 206191 FishBase: 13499 GBIF: 2400949 iNaturalist: 617588 IRMNG: 10710509 ITIS: 630303 NCBI: 1111471 Open Tree of Life: 117556 WoRMS: 992586

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