Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810)

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Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810) – Non-native ( Fig. 497)

Mugil auratus Risso [A.] 1810: 344; Type locality: Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known.

Common name: Pr: Kafal talayi, En: Golden grey mullet.

Diagnosis: Head and anterodorsal flank scale having only one pit or groove (occasionally double), 6–11 pyloric caeca of about equal length or gradually becoming longer from ventral to dorsal, scales on the snout ending anteriorly as a single row of small scales, and the oral edge of the preorbital bone is moderately concave. The upper jaw reaches posteriorly to a level with the posterior nostril, the only species in the genus with this character. Young have two vertical dark lines at the origin of the caudal fin rays and a herring bone pattern on the flanks.

Meristic characters: D 1: IV, D 2: I–II 6–9, A: III 7–10 (9), P: 13–17, V: 5, LS: 40–49, TV: 23–25.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 498). Found in the lower reaches of rivers along the Caspian Sea basin.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Mugil, Dor (1984) in Liza, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2015b) transferred to Chelon .

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