Largescale mullet

Largescale mullet

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Mugilidae
Genus:	Chelon
Species:	C. macrolepis
Binomial name
*Chelon macrolepis* (Smith, 1846)^[1]
Synonyms
Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1846) Liza akame Tanaka, 1916 Liza parva Oshima, 1922 Liza pescadorensis Oshima, 1922 Liza troscheli (Bleeker, 1858-59) Mugil borneensis Bleeker, 1851 Mugil macrolepis Smith, 1846 Mugil pescadorensis (Oshima, 1922) Mugil poicilus Day, 1865 Mugil rodericensis Günther, 1876 Mugil smithii Günther, 1861 Mugil troscheli Bleeker, 1858-59 Mugil troschelii Bleeker, 1858-59 ^[2]

The largescale mullet (Chelon macrolepis) is a species of fish in the Mugilidae family. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.

Description

The largescale mullet is greenish-grey above and silvery grey beneath. The fins are bluish-grey with darker edges. The top of the back is nearly straight when viewed from the side while the underside is rounded. The first dorsal fin has 4-5 spines with 8 or 9 soft rays and the anal fin has 3 spines with about 9 soft rays.^[3]

Distribution

The largescale mullet is found in shallow coastal areas in the Indo-Pacific region including estuaries and water with low salinity.^[1]

References

External links

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Mugiliformes species (Mullets)

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Mugiliformes

Mugilidae

Chaenomugil	Snouted mullet (C. proboscideus)

Chelon	Cape Verde mullet (C. bispinosus) Thicklip grey mullet (C. labrosus) Tade gray mullet (C. planiceps)

Crenimugil	Fringelip mullet (C. crenilabis) Half fringelip mullet (C. heterocheilos)

Joturus	bobo mullet (J. pichardi)

Liza	Abu mullet (L. abu) Eastern keelback mullet (L. affinis) Diamond mullet (L. alata) Flat-tail mullet (L. argentea) Golden grey mullet (L. aurata) Diassanga mullet (L. bandialensis) Keeled mullet (L. carinata) Grooved mullet (L. dumerili) Sicklefin mullet (L. falcipinnis) Largescaled mullet (L. grandisquamis) So-iny Mullet (L. haematocheila) Klunzinger's mullet (L. klunzingeri) Saint Lucia mullet (L. luciae) Largescale mullet (L. macrolepis) Indian mullet (L. mandapamensis) Otomebora mullet (L. melinoptera) Gold-spot mullet (L. parsia) Persian mullet (L. persicus) Thinlip grey mullet (L. ramada) Ramsay's mullet (L. ramsayi) South African mullet (L. richardsonii) Leaping mullet (L. saliens) Greenback mullet (L. subviridis) Striped mullet (L. tricuspidens) Squaretail mullet (L. vaigiensis)

Moolgarda	Longfin mullet (M. pedaraki) Longfinned mullet (M. perusii) Bluespot mullet (M. seheli)

Mugil	Banana mullet (M. bananensis) Mugil brevirostris Broussonnet's mullet (M. broussonnetii) Leaping African mullet (M. capurrii) Flathead grey mullet (M. cephalus) White mullet (M. curema) Dwarf mullet (M. curvidens) Redeye mullet (M. gaimardianus) Galapagos mullet (M. galapagensis) Hospe mullet (M. hospes) Parassi mullet (M. incilis) Lebranche mullet (M. liza) Mugil margaritae Mugil rubrioculus Liseta mullet (M. setosus) Mugil trichodon

Myxus	Freshwater mullet (M. capensis) Sand grey mullet (M. elongatus) Myxus multidens Pinkeye mullet (M. petardi)

Neomyxus	Neomyxus chaptalii Acute-jawed mullet (N. leuciscus)

Oedalechilus	Boxlip mullet (O. labeo) Hornlip mullet (O. labiosus)

Paramugil	Silver mullet (P. georgii) Broad-mouthed mullet (P. parmatus)

Rhinomugil	Corsula (R. corsula) Shark mullet (R. nasutus)

Sicamugil	Yellowtail mullet (S. cascasia) Burmese mullet (S. hamiltonii)

Valamugil	Bluetail mullet (V. buchanani) Longarm mullet (V. cunnesius) Kanda (V. engeli) Valamugil formosae Robust mullet (V. robustus) Speigler's mullet (V. speigleri) blue-spot mullet (V. seheli)

Xenomugil	Thoburn's mullet (X. thoburni)

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