''Neomyxus leuciscus'', the acute-jawed mullet, is a species of mullet found in the tropical west and central

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...

. It is the only species in the genus ''Neomyxus''.

Taxonomy

Some older publications used the name ''Neomyxus chaptalli'', but the holotype of ''Mugil chaptalli'', MNHN 8100, is actually a specimen of the

flathead grey mullet The flathead grey mullet (''Mugil cephalus'') is an important food fish species in the mullet family Mugilidae. It is found in coastal temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically . It is known with numerous En ...

, rendering ''leuciscus'' the correct name for the sharp-nosed mullet.Thomson, J.M. 1997. The Mugilidae of the world. Mem. Qld. Mus., 41(3):457-562.

References

Mugilidae Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Fish of Hawaii Fish of the Pacific Ocean {{Mugilidae-stub