Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Greenish grey dorsally, soon shading to silvery on sides and ventrally; golden iridescence often present dorsally on head; posterior edge of caudal fin narrowly blackish (Ref. 11441).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Mugiliformes

Family: Mugilidae

Genus: Planiliza

Species: Planiliza klunzingeri (Day, 1888)

Climate Zone

Biology

Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless