WoRMS name details
Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1846)
218887 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218887)
unaccepted
Species
Liza Jordan & Swain, 1884 accepted as Chelon Artedi, 1793
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mugil macrolepis Smith, 1846) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
Description Forms schools in shallow coastal waters, estuaries and backwaters (Ref. 9812). Can survive in ponds at 87% salinity (Ref....
Description Forms schools in shallow coastal waters, estuaries and backwaters (Ref. 9812). Can survive in ponds at 87% salinity (Ref. 9812). Occurs in larger aggregations during spawning, which takes place at sea (Ref. 3468). Feeds on small algae, diatoms, forams, benthic polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs, organic matter and detritus; fry feed on copepods and floating algae (Ref. 9812). Also caught with stakenets, barrier nets, and pouch nets (Ref. 9812). Sold fresh in markets, the roe is highly appreciated. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218887 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mugil macrolepis Smith, 1846) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Forms schools in shallow coastal waters, estuaries and backwaters (Ref. 9812). Can survive in ponds at 87% salinity (Ref. 9812). Occurs in larger aggregations during spawning, which takes place at sea (Ref. 3468). Feeds on small algae, diatoms, forams, benthic polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs, organic matter and detritus; fry feed on copepods and floating algae (Ref. 9812). Also caught with stakenets, barrier nets, and pouch nets (Ref. 9812). Sold fresh in markets, the roe is highly appreciated. [details]
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To GenBank (193 nucleotides; 176 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liza macrolepis USNM 423665 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To GenBank (193 nucleotides; 176 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liza macrolepis USNM 423665 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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