Corsula (fish)

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = False four-eyed fish (Rhinomugil corsula).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite iucn | author = Dahanukar, N. | year = 2010 | title = ''Rhinomugil corsula'' | article-number = e.T166478A6217637 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166478A6217637.en }}</ref> | taxon = Rhinomugil corsula | parent_authority = [[Theodore Nicholas Gill|T.N. Gill]], 1863 | authority = ([[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton|Hamilton]], 1822) | synonyms = *''Mugil corsula'' <small>Hamilton, 1822</small> *''Liza corsula'' <small>(Hamilton, 1822)</small> }}

The '''corsula''' ('''''Rhinomugil corsula''''') is a species of [[ray-finned fish]] from the mullet [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Mugilidae]]. It is found in the rivers and estuaries of southern Asia, in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar.<ref name = FishBase>{{fishBase|Rhinomugil|corsula|month=June|year=2018}}</ref> It is presently regarded as the only species in the [[Monotypy|monospecific]] [[genus]] ''Rhinomugil''.<ref name = FBG>{{FishBase genus|genus=Rhinomugil|month=June|year=2018}}</ref>

It is known in the [[aquarium]] trade as the '''Indian''' or '''false four-eyed fish''', as the eyes are parted horizontally to enable the fish to see above and below the water surface at the same time, as with the South American four-eyed fish of the genus ''[[Anableps]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=2014-02-18 |url=https://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/24-mullets/rhinomugil-corsula-en/ |title=''Rhinomugil corsula'' |website=aquariumglaser.de |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref>

==See also== ''[[Squalomugil]]''; similar monotypic genus from Australasia, former [[Congener (biology)|congener]].

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[[Category:Mugilidae]] [[Category:Fish described in 1822]]