Chelon tricuspidens

Chelon tricuspidens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Mugiliformes
Family:	Mugilidae
Genus:	Chelon
Species:	C. tricuspidens
Binomial name
Chelon tricuspidens (J.L.B. Smith, 1935)
Synonyms
Mugil tricuspidens J.L.B. Smith, 1935 Heteromugil tricuspidens (J.L.B. Smith, 1935) Liza tricuspidens (J.L.B. Smith, 1935)

Chelon tricuspidens, the striped mullet, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Mugilidae. It is found in southern Africa where its known range comprises Mossel Bay and the Kosi Estuary in South Africa. Its habitatis muddy areas in estuaries.[1] This species and the Diassanga mullet (Chelon bandialensis) are closely related and these two taxa seem to have separated when the Benguela Current, as it exists today, was formed about 3-12 million years ago.[2]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chelon trucspidens". FishBase. June 2018 version.
2. Jean-Dominique Durand & Alan K. Whitfield (2015). "Biogeography and Distribution of Mugilidae in the Western, Central and Southern Regions of Africa". In Donatella Crosetti & Stephen J. M. Blaber (eds.). Biology, Ecology and Culture of Grey Mullets (Mugilidae). CRC Press. p. 112. ISBN 1482252139.