Berneo Mullet

Greenish-grey dorsally; flanks and abdomen silvery; fins grey or bluish with dusky margins and may appear yellowish at base (Ref. 9812). Pectoral with golden base, and perhaps a dark spot (Ref. 9812). With rudimentary axillary scale.

Catadromous. Migrating from freshwater to the sea to spawn, e.g., European eels. Subdivision of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10

Inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Occur in shallow coastal waters and from brackish to freshwater regions of rivers (Ref. 41299). Juveniles and/or adults are found in mangrove creeks, inlets and intertidal mud flats (Ref. 121464). Form schools (Ref. 40448); in larger aggregations during spawning, which takes place at sea (Ref. 3468). Feed on small algae, diatoms, forams, benthic polychaetes, crustaceans, mollusks, organic matter and detritus; fry feed on copepods and floating algae (Ref. 40448). Changes in the feeding habits from planktonic organisms and migratory zooplankton to meiobenthos which takes place between 0.1 and 0.2 cm length, and a switch from meiobenthos to microbenthos between 0.15 and 0.25 cm length (Ref. 56101). Gill-raker filaments were found in the stomach captured using gill net. Mullets struggle to be free of the constricting meshes, food is often regurgitated at an early stage, gasping of oxygen would then easily cause gill-rakers, broken loose in the struggle, to be swalowed (Ref. 74739).

Occur in shallow coastal waters, and from brackish water to freshwater regions of rivers (Ref. 41299). Form schools (Ref. 40448); in larger aggregations during spawning, which takes place at sea (Ref. 2830). Feed on small algae, diatoms, forams, benthic polychaetes, crustaceans, mollusks, organic matter and detritus; fry feed on copepods and floating algae (Ref. 40448). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Caught mainly during the spawning season and is sold fresh; the roe is highly appreciated.

fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes

廣泛分布於印度-太平洋區水域，由紅海、東非洲至土木土群島，北至日本南部，南至澳洲。臺灣四周海域均常見。

漁期全年皆有，主要為沿岸流刺網或待袋網等法捕獲，產量多，但因本種魚體型較小，又沒有烏魚有飽滿的卵，故經濟價值不像烏魚來的高，魚肉適合煮湯或紅燒皆不錯。

體延長呈紡綞形，前部圓形而後部側扁，背無隆脊。頭短，圓筒形。吻短；唇薄，下唇有一高聳的小丘而不具唇齒，上唇有1-2列似釘子唇齒。眼圓，前側位；脂眼瞼不發達，脂眼瞼長和眼徑比0.61-0.91；前眼眶骨寬廣，其大小佔滿唇和眼之間的空間，前緣有少許缺刻。口小，亞腹位；上頜骨末端彎曲向下且寬大略呈方形，末端遠於口角後緣；牙細弱或絨毛狀。鼻孔每側各一對。在稚魚期為圓鱗，隨著成長而變為具有多列錐型櫛刺的櫛鱗；頭部及體側的側線發達；側線數目10-11條；側線鱗31-35。鰓耙繁密細長，第一鰓弓下枝鰓耙35-78。背鰭兩個，第一背鰭硬棘IV，第二背鰭鰭條I,8；胸鰭上側位，具16鰭條，基部無藍斑駁或黑點，腋鱗不發達；腹鰭腹位，具鰭條I,5，腋鱗發達；臀鰭具鰭條III,9-10；尾鰭分叉或凹入。幽門垂數5條。新鮮標本的體背灰綠色，體側銀白色，腹部漸次轉為白色。背鰭灰色；腹鰭白色；尾鰭為暗藍色鑲黑邊；胸鰭為黃色，基部具金黃色斜斑，且有藍色和黑色素胞聚集。虹膜有一金黃色環圍繞。/Liza macrolepis/為其同種異名。

主要棲息於沿岸砂泥底質地形的海域，而河口區或紅樹林等半淡鹹水海域亦常見其蹤跡，亦常侵入河川下游。以底泥中有機碎屑或水層中的浮游生物為食，群棲性，常成群洄游，幼魚在受到驚嚇時，會有躍離水面的動作。

The largescale mullet (Planiliza macrolepis) is a species of fish in the family Mugilidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.