Bigscale Mullet
Planiliza macrolepis
- Usual depth0–4 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonOccasional
About this species
The largescale mullet is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mugilidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Largescale mullet”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 38 records
- February: 18 records
- March: 41 records
- April: 78 records
- May: 603 records
- June: 27 records
- July: 49 records
- August: 18 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 12 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–4 m · Deepest record: 9 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bigscale Mullet, large-scaled mullet, Largescale Mullet, Large scale mullet, Large-scale mullet, Largescale mullet
Names in 5 more languages
- French
- Mulet à grandes écailles, Mulet lunette, Mulet à grandes écailles, Mulet otomebora, Mulet rond
- Japanese
- Kobora, アカメ, ウロコボラ, コボラ, コボラ／テンジクメナダ, タイワンボラ, ヒメメダナ
- Korean
- 큰비늘숭어
- Thai
- ปลากระบอกดำเกล็ดใหญ่
- Simplified Chinese
- 大鱗鮻, 大鱗龜鮻, 大鳞龟鮻, 烏仔, 烏仔魚, 烏魚, 粗鱗烏, 豆仔魚
Other scientific names: Chelon macrolepis, Liza akame, Liza macrolepis, Liza parva, Liza pescadorensis, Liza troscheli, Liza troschelli, Mugil borneensis, Mugil borneënsis, Mugil macrolepis, Mugil pescadorensis, Mugil poecilus, Mugil poicilus, Mugil rodericensis, Mugil smithii, Mugil troscheli, Mugil troschelii, Mugil troschellii
Similar species
- Brown-backed Mullet
Planiliza subviridis
- otomebora mullet
Planiliza melinoptera
- Flathead grey mullet
Mugil cephalus
Diamond-scaled MulletEllochelon vaigiensis
- blue-spot mullet
Crenimugil seheli
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 2,422 open-data records from 1846 to 2023.
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