Mugilidae

boxlip mullet

Oedalechilus labeo

Twenty Five Centimeters Mugilid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The boxlip mullet (Oedalechilus labeo) is a species of ray-finned fish in the mullet family which is found in the eastern Atlantic from Gibraltar to Morocco, it is found in the Mediterranean Sea but not the Black Sea. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Oedalechilus.