Planiliza carinata

Planiliza carinata (Valenciennes 1836) —Keeled mullet Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Liza carinata (Ehrenberg 1836) by Mouneimné (2002: 186–187); recently recorded as Liza carinata by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366); as Liza carinata by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169). Material in collection: AUBM. Distribution. Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Persian Gulf east to India; immigrated into eastern Mediterranean Sea through Suez Canal (Red Sea immigrant). Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 23 February 2014). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 120-121, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/398388