Diamond mullet
| Diamond mullet | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Planiliza |
| Species: | P. alata |
| Binomial name | |
| Planiliza alata (Steindachner, 1892) | |
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The diamond mullet (Planiliza alata) is a species of mullet and is also known as the Ord River mullet or bucket mullet. This species lives in both brackish or freshwater. Adult fish are found in estuaries, coastal waters and in some cases, ascending rivers into fresh water.[2][3]
Description
[edit]This mullet is silvery gray, being paler below. It has a yellow iris and reaches a length of up to 75 cm (30 in).[4]
Distribution
[edit]The diamond mullet has an Indo-West Pacific distribution which extends from the eastern coast of Africa, including South Africa, through Madagascar and the Mascarenes east to Tonga and Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia and south to northern Western Australia and the Gulf of Carpentaria in western Queensland.[1] It has also been reported inland on the Zambezi.[5]
It is a tropical species that inhabits inshore marine habitats including estuaries. It also travels hundreds of kilometres up rivers.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hammer, M. (2019). "Planiliza alata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T145199903A145199769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T145199903A145199769.en. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "Basket Mullet Planiliza alata (Steindachner 1892)". The Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ↑ "Planiliza alata (Steindachner, 1892)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- 1 2 Martin F. Gomon & Dianne J. Bray. "Diamond Mullet, Liza ordensis (Whitley 1945)". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Planiliza alata". FishBase. June 2018 version.
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