Largescaled mullet

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]

Largescaled mullet
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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