Largescaled mullet

This article is about the mullet in the genus Parachelon. For mullet in the genus Chelon, see Largescale mullet.

Largescaled mullet
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Mugiliformes
Family:	Mugilidae
Genus:	Parachelon Durand, Chen, Shen, Fu & Borsa, 2012
Species:	P. grandisquamis
Binomial name
Parachelon grandisquamis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
Mugil grandisquamis Valenciennes, 1836 Liza grandisquamis (Valenciennes, 1836) Mugil hypselopterus Günther, 1861 Mugil schlegeli Bleeker, 1863 Mugil productus Fischer, 1885

The largescaled mullet is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Mugilidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic from Mauritania to the Gulf of Guinea. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Parachelon.[2]

References

1. Camara, K.D.; Djiman, R.; Nunoo, F.; et al. (2015). "Liza grandisquamis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T197044A2478310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T197044A2478310.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parachelon grandisquamis". FishBase. June 2018 version.