# Chelon bispinosus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chelon_bispinosus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chelon_bispinosus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelon_bispinosus > Source revision: 1354880897 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Species of ray-finned fish Chelon bispinosus Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Mugiliformes Family: Mugilidae Genus: Chelon Species: C. bispinosus Binomial name Chelon bispinosus (S. Bowdich, 1825) ***Chelon bispinosus*** (**Cape Verde mullet**) is a [ray-finned fish](/source/Ray-finned_fish) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Mugilidae](/source/Mugilidae). It is one of seven species in the [genus](/source/Genus) *[Chelon](/source/Chelon)*. It is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to waters near [Cape Verde](/source/Cape_Verde) in the east central Atlantic Ocean.[2] This species is found in the [neritic](/source/Neritic) zone.[3] ## Description This species reaches a maximum length of 15 cm.[2] It is [oviparous](/source/Oviparous) like other members of its genus.[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-0)** Carpenter, K.E.; Camara, K.; Djiman, R.; et al. (2015). ["*Chelon bispinosus*"](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T197037A2478261.en). *[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/The_IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species)*. **2015**: e.T197037A2478261. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T197037A2478261.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T197037A2478261.en). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FishBase_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FishBase_2-1) [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["*Chelon bispinosus*"](https://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Chelon&speciesname=bispinosus). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2018 version. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-eol_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-eol_3-1) ["*Chelon bispinosus* Cape Verde Mullet"](http://eol.org/pages/203922/overview). Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 27 October 2018. - Thomson, J.M., 1990. Mugilidae. pp. 855–859. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 7399). 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 Chelon bispinosus Wikidata: Q3017774 CoL: TVBP FishBase: 22487 GBIF: 2400878 iNaturalist: 617567 IRMNG: 11097322 ITIS: 630318 IUCN: 197037 OBIS: 273634 Open Tree of Life: 5342895 WoRMS: 273634 This Mugiliformes-related article is a stub. 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