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'''''Chelon tricuspidens''''', the '''striped mullet''', is a species of [[ray-finned fish]] from the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Mugilidae]]. It is found in southern Africa where its known range comprises [[Mossel Bay]] and the [[Kosi Bay|Kosi Estuary]] in South Africa. Its habitatis muddy areas in estuaries.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Chelon|trucspidens|month=June|year=2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name = Mullet>{{cite book | editor1 = Donatella Crosetti | editor2 = Stephen J. M. Blaber | title = Biology, Ecology and Culture of Grey Mullets (Mugilidae) | page = 112 | chapter = Biogeography and Distribution of Mugilidae in the Western, Central and Southern Regions of Africa | author1 = Jean-Dominique Durand | author2 = Alan K. Whitfield | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | publisher = CRC Press | isbn = 1482252139}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Chelon |
| Species: | C. tricuspidens
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| Chelon tricuspidens (J.L.B. Smith, 1935)
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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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chelon trucspidens". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ 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.