Planiliza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836)

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Planiliza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836) – Native ( Fig. 508 )

Mugil subviridis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836: 115; Type locality: Ganges River, Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN A–3649 (now 1) Mumbai, A–3650 (1) Ganges, A–3651 (1) Puducherry, 1990–0132 [ex MNHN A–3649] (1);?ZMB [ex MNHN] 1834 (1) Mumbai.

Mugil dussumieri Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836: 147; Type locality: Mumbai and Coromandel coast, India. Syntypes: MNHN A–3634 (1) Coromandel, 1990–0134 [ex MNHN A–3634] (2).

Mugil ventricosus Richardson [J.] 1846: 249; Type locality: Canton, Chinese Sea. No types known.

Mugil cantoris Bleeker [P.] 1853: 100; Type locality: Hooghly River, Calcutta, India. Syntypes: (5) RMNH 6402 (3).

Mugil javanicus Bleeker [P.] 1853: 701.

Mugil sundanensis Bleeker [P.] 1853: 265; Type locality: Benculen [Bengkulu], Sumatra; Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (8) RMNH 6387 (now 8),?BMNH 1880.4.21.162–163 (2).

Mugil brachysoma Bleeker [P.] 1855: 399; Type locality: Pasuruan , Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6387 (1 of 8).

Mugil valenciennesii Bleeker [P.] 1858: 277; Type locality: East Indies. Syntypes: RMNH 6389 (3).

Mugil nepalensis Günther [A.] 1861: 424; Type locality: Nepal. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1853.8 .16.25 (skin).

Mugil meyeri Günther [A.] 1872: 439; Type locality: Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1872.3.12.25–26 (2).

Mugil jerdoni Day [F.] 1876: 352; Type locality: Seas of India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7967 (1), B.7983 (1, syntype); BMNH 1889.2.1.3702–05 (4); FMNH 8238 (1); NMW 67694 (1); ZIN 8238 (1); ZSI F14044–05 (4), F2909 (1, dry, destroyed).

Mugil alcocki Ogilby [J. D.] 1908: 21; Type locality: Madras, India.

Mugil stevensi Ogilby [J. D.] 1908: 19; Type locality: Gold Island , Rockhampton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.774.

Mugil tadopsis Ogilby [J. D.] 1908: 27; Type locality: Brisbane market, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: (3) QM I.1570 (1).

Mugil lepidopterus Fowler [H. W.] 1918: 9; Type locality: Philippines. Holotype (unique): ANSP 47483 .

Mugil ogilbyi Fowler [H. W.] 1918: 5; Type locality: Philippines. Holotype: ANSP 47479. Paratypes: ANSP 47480 (1).

Mugil philippinus Fowler [H. W.] 1918: 7; Type locality: Philippines. Holotype: ANSP 47481. Paratypes: ANSP 47482 (1).

Mugil ruthveni Fowler [H. W.] 1918: 3; Type locality: Philippines. Holotype (unique): ANSP 47478 .

Mugil medius Machan [B.] 1931: 221; Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown.

Common name: Pr: Biah, kafal posht sabz, En: Greenback mullet.

Diagnosis: Dark greenish dorsally, brownish over head, white ventrally, 3–6 indistinct, dark stripes along upper rows of scales, greyish dorsal fins, caudal fin bluish with black margin, Yellowish pectoral fin and may have a blue spot at fin origin. The preorbital bone does not occupy the whole space between the eye and upper lip as in all other mullets.

Meristic characters: D 1: IV, D 2: I 8–9 (8), A: III 8–9 (9), P: 14–17, V: 5, LS: 27–32, TV:?.

Distribution: Tigris, Persis , Hormuz and Makran basins ( Fig. 509).

Taxonomy: Dor (1984) placed in Liza, Randall (1995) in Chelon , but Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2015b) transferred to Planiliza .

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. This species occurs in various independent populations across its distribution range and has no major widespread threats.

Figures

Fig. 508. Planiliza subviridis. Photograph from Bangeladesh (Photographed by M. E. Hasan).