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title: "Boxlip Mullet"
description: "Oedalechilus labeo — Vissen. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/boxlip-mullet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Boxlip Mullet

> Oedalechilus labeo — Vissen. 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.

- Scientific name: *Oedalechilus labeo*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1816
- Wikidata: [Q1811702](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1811702)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118617](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118617)

## Names

- en: Boxlip Mullet
- de: Kastenmaul-Meeräsche
- es: Caluga
- fr: Mulet labéon

## Countries with the most observations

GR (760), ES (199), FR (178), HR (163), IT (138), MT (22), TR (15), ME (7), AL (4), MC (3)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxlip_mullet

## Photo

![Boxlip Mullet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/boxlip-mullet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nico · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112047740

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/boxlip-mullet?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).