Chelon
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Chelon is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Atlantic Ocean and Arabian Sea.
Chelon is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Atlantic Ocean and Arabian Sea. ==Taxonomy== Recent cladistic analysis recovered Chelon as paraphyletic with respect to Liza, so some species of Liza were reassigned to Chelon and Liza synonymized with Chelon. ===Species=== The following species are classified in the genus Chelon: Chelon auratus (A. Risso, 1810) (Golden grey mullet) Chelon bandialensis Diouf, 1991 (Diassanga mullet) Chelon bispinosus (S. Bowdich, 1825) (Cape Verde mullet) Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870) (Grooved mullet) Chelon labrosus (A. Risso, 1827) (Thicklip grey mullet) Chelon melinopterus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Otomebora mullet) Chelon natalensis (Castelnau, 1861) Chelon parsia (Hamilton, 1822) (Goldspot mullet) Chelon persicus Senou, Randall & Okiyama, 1995 (Persian mullet) Chelon ramada (A. Risso, 1827) (Thinlip grey mullet) Chelon richardsonii (A. Smith, 1846) (South African mullet) Chelon saliens (A. Risso, 1810) (Leaping mullet) Chelon tricuspidens (J. L. B. Smith, 1935) (Striped mullet) ==See also== Planiliza The suffix -chelon ==References==
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