{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Otomebora mullet | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite iucn | author = Hoese, D. | author2 =Sparks, J.S. .| name-list-style = amp | year = 2017 | title = ''Chelon melinopterus'' | article-number = e.T197047A46663719 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T197047A46663719.en | access-date = 30 June 2021 }}</ref> | taxon = Chelon melinopterus | authority = ([[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1836) | synonyms = * ''Mugil melinopterus'' <small>Valenciennes, 1836</small> * ''Chelon melinopterus'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1836)</small> * ''Ellochelon melinoptera'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1836)</small> * ''Planliza melinoptera'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1836)</small> * ''Planliza melinopterus'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1836)</small> * ''Liza melinoptera'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1836)</small> * ''Mugil ceramensis'' <small>[[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1853</small> * ''Liza ceramensis'' <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small> * ''Mugil compressus'' <small>[[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1861</small> * ''Mugil anpinensis'' <small>[[Masamitsu Ōshima|Oshima]], 1922</small> * ''Ellochelon luciae'' <small>[[Mary-Louise Penrith|Penrith]] & Penrith, 1967</small> * ''Liza luciae'' <small>(Penrith & [[M.J. Penrith|Penrith]], 1967)</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = Cof>{{Cof species|genus=Chelon|species=melinopterus|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> }}

The '''Otomebora mullet''' (''Chelon melinopterus''), the '''giantscale mullet''' or '''St. Lucia mullet''', is a species of [[ray-finned fish]] in the family [[Mugilidae]]. It is found in the [[Indo-Pacific]] Region.<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Planiliza|melinoptera|month=February|year=2021}}</ref>

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[[Category:Chelon]] [[Category:Freshwater fish of South Africa]] [[Category:Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes]] [[Category:Fish described in 1836]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]

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