Oedalechilus labeo Boxlip mullet

Oedalechilus labeois commonly referred to as Boxlip mullet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Roberto Pillon, Italien

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13cm // 05.06.2011
Courtesy of the author Roberto Pillon, Italien

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lexID:: 4578
AphiaID:: 126984

Scientific:: Oedalechilus labeo
German:: Kastenmaul-Meeräsche
English:: Boxlip Mullet

Category:: Mullets

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Mugilidae (Family) > Oedalechilus (Genus) > labeo (Species)
Initial determination:: (Cuvier, ), 1829

Occurrence:: Straße von Gibralta, Algeria, Balearic Islands, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Northern Africa, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 1 - 10 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C)
Food:: Frozen Food (large sort), Living Food
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Oedalechilus labeo
Kastenmaul-Meeräsche
Oedalechilus labiosus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-08-26 18:32:11
Last edit:: 2020-05-16 08:50:33

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(Cuvier, 1829)

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Gibraltar. Throughout the Mediterranean Sea but not in Black Sea.

Biology:
Neritic, found inshore, at mouths of rivers and sewage effluents but not entering brackish and freshwater.
Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive.

Synonymised taxa:
Liza labeo (Cuvier, 1829)
Mugil labeo Cuvier, 1829

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Mugiloidei (Suborder) > Mugilidae (Family) > Oedalechilus (Genus) > Oedalechilus labeo (Species)