Burmese mullet
{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}
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| image = Mugil hamiltonii Ford 75.jpg
| parent_authority = Fowler, 1939
| taxon = Sicamugil hamiltonii
| authority = (Day, 1870)
| synonyms = * Mugil hamiltonii Day, 1870
| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Sicamugil|hamiltonii|month=February|year=2021}}
}}
The Burmese mullet (Sicamugil hamiltonii) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a mullet belonging to the family Mugilidae. It is the only species in the genus Sicamugil. It is found in the drainage systems of the Sittang and Irrawaddy rivers in Myanmar.
Etymology
The Mullet is named in honor of Francis Hamilton-Buchanan (1762-1829).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/mugiliformes/ | title =Order MUGILIFORMES | access-date= 8 March 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
References
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Category:Taxa named by Francis Day
Category:Fish described in 1870
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