Squaretail Mullet
Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Also calledCefalo scaglie a diamante (ita) · Halekantet multe (dan) · Lisa de cola cuadrada (spa) · Mulet carrelé (fra) · Mulet mopiro (fra) · Mulet à queue carrée (fra) · Onibora (jpn) · Tainha-de-laguna-do-Indo-Pacífico (por) · Tainha-diamante (por) · cípal širokoocasý (ces) · nape (tah) · بوري أصفر الذيل (ara) · بوري ماسي القشور (ara) · بوري مربع الذيل (ara)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Common name. Squaretail mullet Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard 1825: 337, pl. 59 (fig. 2) [Waigiou [Pulau Waigeo, Papua Barat Province, Indonesia, western Pacific]; holotype (unique): MNHN A- 3641]. Revisions. None. Illustrations. Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020: 275, fig. 501).
Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)
distribution
Distribution in Iran. — Distribution in River Basin: Persis, Hormuz, Tigris. — Distribution in Ecoregions: 441 - Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442 - Upper Tigris & Euphrates, 451 - Northern Hormuz Drainages. Status in Iran. [Native]. — Biah. — Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020), and Eagderi et al. (2022). — Iran material: ZM-CBSU. Conservation. — IUCN: LC.
Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)
description
D 1: 1 V; D 2: 8; A: III, 8; Pc: 15 – 17; Pl: 1, 5; L. S: 26 – 28; T. S: 8 – 10 Local name. Mangan (Sin); Murbo (Bal); Diamond scale mullet (Eng.) FAO name. Square-tail mullet
Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea)
description
Description. Body robust, dorsally straight in lateral profile, caudal peduncle deep, Head broad, dorsally flattened, wider than deep length which is 26 to 28 % of SL. Adipose eye fold less developed only as rim around eye, pre-orbital bone is wide filling the space between lip and eye. Mouth terminal, lips thin, Upper lip with 1 or 2 rows of very short, unicuspid, setiform teeth. Maxilla slightly curved below. Eye diameter is 18 to 20 % of HL. Snout longer than eye diameter. Anal fin higher than 2 nd dorsal fin and both fins higher than 1 st dorsal fin. Pectoral fins with I spine and 15 to 18 soft rays; short, just reaching origin of first dorsal fin; pectoral fins are 21 to 23 % of SL and 76 to 81 % HL; greater than length of snout; pectoral axillary scale absent. Pelvic fin smaller than pectoral fin. Scales weakly ctenoid. Color. Dorsally green to olive brown, silver flanks, white to pale yellow abdomen, about 5 – 6 longitudinal stripes on upper scale rows, blackish pectoral fins. Pelvic, anal and caudal fin dusky and darker at margins. Yellow patches on iris.
Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2400831.