# Shark mullet > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shark_mullet > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shark_mullet.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_mullet > Source revision: 1355367567 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Species of ray-finned fish Shark mullet Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Mugiliformes Family: Mugilidae Genus: Squalomugil Ogilby, 1908 Species: S. nasutus Binomial name Squalomugil nasutus (De Vis, 1883) Synonyms Mugil nasutus De Vis, 1883 Rhinomugil nasutus (De Vis, 1883) The **shark mullet** (***Squalomugil nasutus***), also known as the **sharp-nosed mullet, popeye mullet,** or **skipjack mullet**, is a species of [ray-finned fish](/source/Ray-finned_fish) from the [grey mullet](/source/Mullet_(fish)) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Mugilidae](/source/Mugilidae). It is found in Australia and [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea) where it occurs in muddy freshwater habitats and [mangroves](/source/Mangrove), it feeds on [algae](/source/Algae) and insects taken from the surface but also on benthic invertebrates. It can breathe air and sometimes moves over exposed mud by wriggling.[1] It was formerly classified in the genus *[Rhinomugil](/source/Rhinomugil)*, with the [corsula](/source/Corsula_(fish)) (*Rhinomugil corsula*), but is now placed in its own [monospecific](/source/Monotypy) genus, *Squalomugil*.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FishBase_1-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["*Squalomugil nasutus*"](https://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Squalomugil&speciesname=nasutus). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2018 version. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Durand_2-0)** Jean-Dominique Durand; Wei-Jen Chen; Kang-Ning Shen; Cuizhang Fue; Philippe Borsaf (2012). ["Genus-level taxonomic changes implied by the mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae) (abstract)"](http://hal.ird.fr/ird-00759075/file/Durand_et_al_Mugilidae_1bis_p._HAL.pdf) (PDF). *Comptes Rendus Biologies*. **335** (10&11): 687–697. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.crvi.2012.09.005](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.crvi.2012.09.005). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [23199637](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23199637). 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 Squalomugil nasutus Wikidata: Q46360618 BOLD: 783414 CoL: 6ZDTC FishBase: 15762 GBIF: 2400672 iNaturalist: 623964 IRMNG: 10789768 ITIS: 170410 NCBI: 1040953 OBIS: 321659 Open Tree of Life: 344933 WoRMS: 321659 This Mugiliformes-related article is a stub. 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