Squaretail mullet (Liza vaigiensis)

Scientific name: Liza vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

The Squaretail mullet (Liza vaigiensis) is a freshwater fish of the family Mugilidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea and East Africa to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to southern Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Olive-brown dorsally, flanks silvery, abdomen white or suffused pale yellow. About 6 longitudinal stripes on flanks formed by longitudinal marks on scales; scales also with darkened margins giving slight chequered appearance to flanks. Iris with yellow patches. Margins of fins dusky, otherwise yellowish white. Caudal fin distinctly yellow. Pectoral fin completely black in small fish; lower section yellowish in adults. No axillary scale visible in the pectoral fins.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Liza vaigiensis
Family
Mugilidae (Mullets)
Order
Mugiliformes (Mullets)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
63.0
Common length
35.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; catadromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to southern Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial; bait: occasionally
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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