{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Largescale mullet | image = Liza macrolepis Day.png | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name ="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=Hoese, D. |year=2018 |amends=2012 |title=''Planiliza macrolepis'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T166856A128736740 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T166856A128736740.en |access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref> | taxon = Planiliza macrolepis | authority = ([[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|A. Smith]], 1846)<ref name=EoL>[http://www.eol.org/pages/356417 Encyclopedia of Life]</ref> | synonyms = *''Liza macrolepis''<small> (A. Smith, 1846)</small> *''Chelon macrolepsis'' <small>(A. Smith, 1846)</small> *''Liza''<small> akame Tanaka, 1916</small> *''Liza parva''<small> Oshima, 1922</small> *''Liza pescadorensis''<small> Oshima, 1922</small> *''Liza troscheli''<small> ([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1858-59)</small> *''Mugil borneensis''<small> Bleeker, 1851</small> *''Mugil macrolepis''<small>A. Smith, 1846</small> *''Mugil pescadorensis''<small> (Oshima, 1922)</small> *''Mugil poicilus''<small>[[Francis Day|Day]], 1865</small> *''Mugil rodericensis''<small> Günther, 1876</small> *''Mugil smithii''<small>[[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1861</small> *''Mugil troscheli''<small> Bleeker, 1858-59</small> *''Mugil troschelii''<small> Bleeker, 1858-59</small><ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218887 World Register of Marine Species]</ref> }}
The '''largescale mullet''' ('''''Planiliza macrolepis''''') is a [[species]] of [[ray-finned fish]] in the family [[Mugilidae]]. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.
==Description== The largescale mullet is greenish-grey above and silvery grey beneath. The fins are bluish-grey with darker edges. The top of the back is nearly straight when viewed from the side while the underside is rounded. The first dorsal fin has 4-5 spines with 8 or 9 soft rays and the anal fin has 3 spines with about 9 soft rays.<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Liza-macrolepis.html FishBase]</ref>
==Distribution== The largescale mullet is found in shallow coastal areas in the Indo-Pacific region including estuaries and water with low salinity.<ref name=EoL/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/4816 FishBase]
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[[Category:Planiliza]] [[Category:Taxa named by Andrew Smith (zoologist)]] [[Category:Fish described in 1846]]
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