Planiliza macrolepis (Smith, 1849)

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Mugil macrolepis : Smith, 1849 : no pagination, pl. 8, fig. 2 (senior synonym)Pisces. | Boulenger, 1916 a : 94, fig. 56 (senior synonym)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Pellegrin, 1933 a : 178, fig. 97 (senior synonym)Les poissons des eaux douces de Madagascar et des Îles voisines (Comores, Seychelles, Mascareignes). | Arnoult, 1959 b : 45 (senior synonym)Poissons des eaux douces. | Sterba, 1959 : 595, fig. 1170 (senior synonym)Süsswasserfische aus aller Welt. | Kiener, 1961 c : 35, fig. 41 (senior synonym)Poissons malgaches. Liste de noms malgaches de poissons d'eau douce, d'eaux saumâtres et d'espèces euryhalines (2-3). | Kiener, 1963 a : 44, pl. 21 (senior synonym)Poissons, pêche et pisciculture à Madagascar..
Planiliza macrolepis : Durand & Borsa, 2015 : 268, 269, 272, 273, 275Mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Acanthopterygii: Mugilidae) suggests high proportion of cryptic species..
Mugil smithii (an unjustified substitute for Mugil macrolepis) : Günther, 1861 : 447 (misidentification)Catalogue of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 3 : Acanthopterygian in the collection. | Sauvage, 1891 b : 399, pl. 41B, fig. 4 (misidentification)Histoire naturelle des Poissons..
Mugil rodericensis : Günther, 1876 b : 397 (junior synonym)Remarks on fishes with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from the South Seas. | Sauvage, 1891 b : 399, pl. 42, fig. 4 (junior synonym)Histoire naturelle des Poissons. | Boulenger, 1916 a : 94 (synonymy with Mugil macrolepis) (junior synonym)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History)..
Mugil (Liza) macrolepis : Arnoult, 1959 b : 45 (senior synonym)Poissons des eaux douces..
Chelon macrolepis : Sterba, 1963 : 812, fig. 1170 (senior synonym)Freshwater fishes of the world. Translated and revised by Denys W. Tucker,London. | Durand et al., 2012 a : 689, 692, 693 (senior synonym)Genus-level taxonomic changes implied by the mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae)..
Liza macrolepis : Kiener, 1966 a : 1126 (senior synonym)Contribution à l'étude écologique et biologique des eaux saumâtres malgaches. Les poissons euryhalins et leur rôle dans le développement des pêches. | Blaber, 1977 : 261 (senior synonym)The feeding ecology and relative abundance of mullet (Mugilidae) in Natal and Pondoland estuaries. | Blaber & Whitfield, 1977 a : 279 (senior synonym)The feeding ecology of juvenile mullet (Mugilidae) in south- east African estuaries. | Whitfield & Blaber, 1978 a : 54 (senior synonym)Distribution, movements and fecundity of Mugilidae at Lake St. Lucia. | Bruton & Kok, 1980 : 232 (senior synonym)The freshwater fishes of Maputaland. | Thomson, 1984 : FAO-sheets (senior synonym)Mugilidae..

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Biology : Blaber, 1977 | Blaber & Whitfield, 1977 | Whitfield & Blaber, 1978 a .
Colour pattern : Thomson, 1984 .
Current distribution known : in Western Indian Ocean area, found from the Natal, Madagascar to gulf o Aden, the west coast of India and Sri Lanka. Elsewhere, extending eastward to the east coast of India (except Bengal), Andaman and Nicobar islands, Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Japan, Marshall and Tuamotu Islands, Melanesia and Polynesia .
Distribution_references : Thomson, 1984 .
Food habits / trophic level : feeds on small algae, diatoms, foraminifera and other organic matter, both living and detrital, taken in with sand and mud; fries feed on copepods and floating algae .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Thomson, 1984 .
Genetics : Durand & Borsa, 2015 | Durand et al., 2012a .
Habitat / home range : schools occur in shallow coastal waters, estuaries and backwaters .
Habitat_references : Thomson, 1984 .
Morphology / anatomy : Thomson, 1984 .
Phylogeny : Durand & Borsa, 2015 | Durand et al., 2012a .
Size : 600 mm TL .
Types :
- Mugil macrolepis Smith, 1849: pl. 28, fig. 2. Type locality: "Cape of Good Hope". Holotype (stuffed) BMNH n° 1859.5.7: 56.
- Mugil rodericensis Günther, 1876 b: 397. Type locality: "Rodriguez, in fresh water". Holotype BMNH n° 1876.3.11: 30.
Use and trade : marketed fresh, the roe is highly appreciated .