Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1849) Large
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913911 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B20633-FF89-FFC5-FF79-E844FE3D8654 |
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Felipe |
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Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1849) Large |
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32. Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1849) Large View in CoL 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.
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