  Out of the fifteen 3 x 3 neutrino mass matrices with two texture zeros seven
are compatible with the neutrino oscillation data. While 2 of them correspond
to hierarchical neutrino masses and 1 to an inverted hierarchy, the remaining 4
correspond to degenerate masses. Moreover only the first 3 of the 7 mass
matrices are compatible with the maximal mixing angle of atmospheric neutrino
and hence favoured by data. We give compact expressions for mass matrices in
terms of mass eigenvalues and study phenomenological implications for the 7
cases. Similarity of the textures of the neutrino, charged-lepton mass matrices
with those of quark mass matrices is also discussed.
