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Mugilidae
Largescale mullet
Planiliza macrolepis
Mugilid Fish Reaching Sixty Centimeters
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Indian Ocean
Africa
Fusiform
LargeLargescale mullet is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Mugilidae
- Genus
- Planiliza
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: east coast of Africa, south to Eastern Cape in South Africa (Ref. 52193 ), including Madagascar, Seychelles, Rodriguez; north to Sri Lanka and India (except Bay of Bengal), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, east to Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Japan, Marshall and Tuamoto islands, Melanesia and Polynesia (Ref. 2830 ). Distribution includes the Red Sea (Ref. 84159 ) and Persian Gulf (Ref. 66734 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
