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Chelon
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Chelon

Chelon is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Atlantic Ocean and Arabian Sea.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species

Thicklip Grey Mullet

speciesChelon labrosus

Thinlip Mullet

speciesChelon ramada

Golden Grey Mullet

speciesChelon auratus

South African Mullet

speciesChelon richardsonii

Grooved Mullet

speciesChelon dumerili

Striped Mullet

speciesChelon tricuspidens

Leaping Mullet

speciesChelon saliens

Goldspot Mullet

speciesChelon parsia

Otomebora mullet

speciesChelon melinopterus

Cape Verde Mullet

speciesChelon bispinosus

Diassanga Mullet

speciesChelon bandialensis

Chelon natalensis

speciesChelon natalensis

Chelon persicus

speciesChelon persicus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Chelon in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.287

Chelon in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.439

Chelon in Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)

Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)

Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.263

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