Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1849)

Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil & Tudu, Prasad Chandra, 2017, An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 4-4 : 4-

32. Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1849)

Large scale mullet (Figure 33)

Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC /ZSI/F3732 .

Description: D: IV-V,8-9; A: III,8-10. Body moderately robust, head wide, flattened above. First dorsal fin origin usually nearer to caudal fin base than to snout tip; adepose eyelid little developed. Colour greenish-grey above, silvery on sides and belly; fins dusky along margins.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: east coast of Africa, including Madagascar, Seychelles, Rodriguez; north to Sri Lanka and India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, east to Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Japan, Marshall and Tuamoto islands, Melanesia and Polynesia.

IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern ( LC).

Remarks: The fish has a commercial value, Ornamental & gamefish. Size: 60 cm.