Shark mullet

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Shark mullet.jpg | taxon = Squalomugil nasutus | parent_authority = [[James Douglas Ogilby|Ogilby]], 1908 | authority = ([[Charles Walter De Vis|De Vis]], 1883) | synonyms = *''Mugil nasutus'' <small>De Vis, 1883</small> *''Rhinomugil nasutus'' <small>(De Vis, 1883)</small> }}

The '''shark mullet''' ('''''Squalomugil nasutus'''''), also known as the '''sharp-nosed mullet, popeye mullet,''' or '''skipjack mullet''', is a species of [[ray-finned fish]] from the [[Mullet (fish)|grey mullet]] [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Mugilidae]]. It is found in Australia and [[New Guinea]] where it occurs in muddy freshwater habitats and [[mangrove]]s, it feeds on [[algae]] and insects taken from the surface but also on benthic invertebrates. It can breathe air and sometimes moves over exposed mud by wriggling.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Squalomugil|nasutus|month=June|year=2018}}</ref> It was formerly classified in the genus ''[[Rhinomugil]]'', with the [[Corsula (fish)|corsula]] (''Rhinomugil corsula''), but is now placed in its own [[Monotypy|monospecific]] genus, ''Squalomugil''.<ref name = Durand>{{cite journal | author1 = Jean-Dominique Durand |author2 = Wei-Jen Chen | author3 = Kang-Ning Shen | author4 = Cuizhang Fue | author5 = Philippe Borsaf | year = 2012 | title = Genus-level taxonomic changes implied by the mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae) (abstract) | doi = 10.1016/j.crvi.2012.09.005 |pmid = 23199637 | journal = Comptes Rendus Biologies | volume = 335 | issue = 10&11 | pages = 687–697|url = http://hal.ird.fr/ird-00759075/file/Durand_et_al_Mugilidae_1bis_p._HAL.pdf }}</ref>

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[[Category:Mugilidae]] [[Category:Taxa named by Charles Walter De Vis]] [[Category:Fish described in 1883]]