Keeled mullet

Planiliza carinata

Eel of the Mediterranean Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Indian Ocean
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Tropical fish

Planiliza carinata, the keeled mullet, is a species of grey mullet from the family Mugilidae which is found in the western Indian Ocean and eastern Mediterranean Sea. It colonised the Mediterranean by Lessepsian migration from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. The keeled mullet is a species of minor importance in commercial fisheries.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Mullets and Glassfishes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Planiliza
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indian Ocean: Red Sea through the Suez Canal, a Lessepsian migrant species.

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