{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = Sparks, J.S. | title = ''Planiliza alata'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2017 | page = e.T95567920A95568158 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2017 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/95567920/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T95567920A95568158.en | access-date = 15 December 2017| doi-access = free }}</ref> | taxon = Planiliza alata | authority = ([[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1892) | synonyms = *''Mugil alatus'' <small>Steindachner, 1892</small> *''Chelon alatus'' <small>(Steindachner, 1892)</small> *''Liza alata'' <small>(Steindachner, 1892)</small> *''Mugil diadema'' <small>[[John Gilchrist (zoologist)|Gilchrist]] & [[William Wardlaw Thompson|Thompson]], 1911</small> *''Liza diadema'' <small>(Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911)</small> *''Pteromugil diadema'' <small>(Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911)</small> *''Moolgarda ordensis'' <small>[[Gilbert Percy Whitley|Whitley]], 1945</small> }}

The '''diamond mullet''' ('''''Planiliza alata'''''), is a species of [[Mugilidae|mullet]] and is also known as the '''Ord River mullet'''. This species lives in both [[brackish water|brackish]] or freshwater. Adult fish are found in [[estuary|estuaries]], coastal waters and in some cases, ascending rivers into fresh water.<ref>[http://eol.org/pages/223853/hierarchy_entries/56606805/overview Eol.org] Eol.org] Accessed Sept. 10, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218880 Marinespecies.org] Accessed Sept. 11, 2015</ref>

==Description== This mullet is silvery gray being paler below. It has a yellow iris and reaches a length of up to 75&nbsp;cm.<ref name = FoA>{{cite web | author1 =Martin F. Gomon | author2 = Dianne J. Bray | title = ''Liza alata'' | work = Fishes of Australia | access-date = 4 Nov 2018 | url = http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4537 | publisher = Museums Victoria | name-list-style = amp}}</ref>

==Distribution== 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]].<ref name = IUCN/> It has also been reported inland on the [[Zambezi]].<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Planiliza|alata|month=June|year=2018}}</ref>

It is a tropical species that inhabits inshore marine habitats including estuaries. It also travel hundreds of kilometres up rivers.<ref name = FoA/>

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[[Category:Planiliza]] [[Category:Taxa named by Franz Steindachner]] [[Category:Fish described in 1892]] [[Category:Coastline of Australia]]

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