Sicklefin mullet

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite journal | author1 = Camara, K.D.| author2 = Djiman, R. | author3 = Nunoo, F. | author4 = Sagna, A. | author5 = Sidibé, A | author6 = Sylla, M. | author7 = de Morais, L. | author8 = Williams, A.B. | author9 = Montiero, V. | author10 = Lindeman, K. | author11 = Quartey, R. | author12 = Carpenter, K.E. | display-authors = 3 | year = 2015 | title = ''Liza falcipinnis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2015 | page = e.T197043A2478303 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T197043A2478303.en | doi-access = free }}</ref> | taxon = Neochelon falcipinnis | parent_authority = Durand, Chen, Shen, Fu & Borsa, 2012<ref name = WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |id=826383 |title=''Neochelon'' Durand, Chen, Shen, Fu & Borsa, 2012 |year=2014 |db=FishBase |accessdate=1 November 2018}}</ref> | authority = ([[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1836) | synonyms = *''Mugil falcipinnis'' Valenciennes, 1836 *''Chelon falcipinnis'' (Valenciennes, 1836) *''Liza falcipinnis'' (Valenciennes, 1836) }}

The '''sicklefin mullet''' ('''''Neochelon falcipinnis''''') is a species of [[ray-finned fish]], a [[Mullet (fish)|grey mullet]] from the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Mugilidae]] which is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean of the coasts of western Africa. It is the only species in the [[Monotypy|monospecific]] [[genus]] ''Neochelon''.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Neochelon|falcipinnis|month=June|year=2018}}</ref>

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[[Category:Mugilidae]] [[Category:Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes]] [[Category:Fish described in 1836]]