platanus, Mugil Günther [A.] 1880:9 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 6 (no. 31) (art. 2); ref. 14279] Rio de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Syntypes: (6) BMNH 1878.9.10.1-4 (4). •Synonym of Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Thomson 1997:485 [ref. 23428], Harrison 2003:1079 [ref. 27016], Menni 2004:85 [ref. 28131]). •Valid as Mugil platanus Günther 1880 -- (López et al. 2003:78 [ref. 27366], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:65 [ref. 27192], González Castro et al. 2008:319 [ref. 29811], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Litz & Koerber 2014:33 [ref. 33622], Nión et al. 2016:41 [ref. 35565]). •Synonym of Mugil liza Valenciennes 1836 -- (Menezes et al. 2010:61 [ref. 30860], Mirande & Koerber 2015:55 [ref. 35117], Pacheco-Almanzar et al. 2016:381 [ref. 34431], Carvalho-Filho 2023:200 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Synonym of Mugil liza Valenciennes 1836. Mugilidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay (if valid). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.