Brown-backed Mullet
Planiliza subviridis
- Usual depth1–5 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Greenback mullet is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mugilidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Greenback 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: 203 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 16 records
- June: 27 records
- July: 25 records
- August: 18 records
- September: 43 records
- October: 28 records
- November: 20 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–5 m · Deepest record: 8.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Brown-backed Mullet, Brown-banded Mullet, Dussumier's Mullet, Flat-tailed Mullet, Flat-tail Mullet, Green-backed Mullet, Greenback Grey Mullet, Greenback mullet, Green Back Mullet, Green Mullet, Grey Mullet, Mullet, Red Eye Liza, Squaretail Mullet, Thick-zipped Mullet
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Mulet dos vert
- Japanese
- Ampimbora, Takitsubomenada, アンピンボラ, タキツボメナダ
- Thai
- ปลากระบอกดำ, ปลากระบอกดำสั้น
- Simplified Chinese
- 烏仔, 烏仔魚, 烏魚, 白鮻, 綠背鮻 白鮻, 綠背龜鮻, 豆仔魚
Other scientific names: Chelon subviridis, Liza dussumieri, Liza subvirdis, Liza subviridis, Mugil alcocki, Mugil dussumieri, Mugil javanicus, Mugil jerdoni, Mugil lepidopterus, Mugil ogilbyi, Mugil philippinus, Mugil ruthveni, Mugil stevensi, Mugil subviridis, Mugil sundanensis, Mugil tadopsis
Similar species
- Bigscale Mullet
Planiliza macrolepis
- 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).
- 971 open-data records from 1836 to 2023.
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