293. Planiliza abu (Heckel, 1843)

Common name. Abu mullet

Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil abu Heckel, 1843a: 1097 (107) [Tigris River, near Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: NMW 9224-30 (7), 67868 (2)] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Randall (1995: 234, fig., as Chelon abu).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris, Persis, Hormuz, Lake Maharlu.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates, 451-Northern Hormuz Drainages.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Mahi biah.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.