Mugilidae

Diamond mullet

Planiliza alata

Mugilid Fish of the Zambezi Basin

• Tropical
• Lower river
• Transcontinental
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The diamond mullet (Planiliza alata), is a species of mullet and is also known as the Ord River mullet. This species lives in both brackish or freshwater. Adult fish are found in estuaries, coastal waters and in some cases, ascending rivers into fresh water.