Joturus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Mugiliformes |
Family: | Mugilidae |
Genus: | Joturus |
Species: | J. pichardi |
Binomial name | |
Joturus pichardi Poey, 1860 |
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Synonyms | |
Agonostoma globiceps Günther, 1874 |
Agonostoma globiceps Günther, 1874
Juturus globiceps (Günther, 1874)
Joturus stipes Jordan and Gilbert, 1882
Joturus pichardi, also known as the bobo mullet, is a species of fish of the mullet family Mugilidae. It is the only species in the genus Joturus, one of 17 mullet genera containing altogether about 80 species of ray-finned fish. It occurs in rivers, including brackish waters, in much of the Gulf of Mexico basin and as far south as Panama.