Chelon saliens (Risso, 1810)

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Chelon saliens (Risso, 1810) – Non-native ( Fig. 499)

Mugil saliens Risso [A.] 1810: 345; Type locality: Nice, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known.

Liza saliens furcata Popov [A. M.] 1930: 72, 123; Type locality: Black Sea. No types known.

Common name: Pr: Kafal-e poozeh barik, En: Leaping mullet.

Diagnosis: Head and anterodorsal flank scale having 2–7 or more grooves (mostly 2 grooves), pyloric caeca in two groups, 3–5 short and 3–4 long (total 6–9), scales on the snout ending anteriorly as numerous rows of small scales, and the oral edge of the preorbital bone is deeply notched. Young lack the vertical dark lines at the origin of the caudal fin rays and the herring bone flank pattern seen in C. auratus .

Meristic characters: D 1: III–IV, D 2: I–III (II) 6–9 (8–9), A: III–IV (III) 7–10 (9), P: 14–17, V: 5, LS: 42– 50, TV: 23–25.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 500). Found in the lower reaches of rivers along the Caspian Sea basin.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Mugil, Dor (1984) in Liza, Senou et al. (1996) transferred to Chelon .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (under name Liza saliens ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008u), PC: Non-native, Not Applicable.