#2229 · 🐟 fish
Boxlip Mullet
Oedalechilus labeo
🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL
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what is it?
Oedalechilus labeo is a species of fish in the mullet family.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,806 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1829 (197 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Boxlip Mullet
- scientific name
- Oedalechilus labeo
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Mugiliformes
- family
- Mugilidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,545
- sightings worldwide
- 1,806
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1829 by Georges Cuvier
relatives· Mugilidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118617, Wikidata Q1811702, GBIF 2400921, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.