Largescaled mullet

Largescaled mullet
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Mugiliformes
Family:	Mugilidae
Genus:	Parachelon; Durand, Chen, Shen, Fu & Borsa, 2012
Species:	P. grandisquamis
Binomial name
	Parachelon grandisquamis; (Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
	Mugil grandisquamis Valenciennes, 1836; Liza grandisquamis (Valenciennes, 1836); Mugil hypselopterus Günther, 1861; Mugil schlegeli Bleeker, 1863; Mugil productus Fischer, 1885;

The largescaled mullet is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Mugilidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic from Mauritania to the Gulf of Guinea. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Parachelon.^[2]

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