affinis, Mugil Günther [A.] 1861:433, Fig. [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Amoy, China. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1860.7.20.11. •Valid as Liza affinis (Günther 1861) -- (Senou et al. 1987:312 [ref. 24301], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:461 [ref. 25598], Liu & Shen 1991:275 [ref. 19215], Thomson 1997:514 [ref. 23428], Harrison & Senou 1999:2085 [ref. 24780], Ho & Shao 2011:39 [ref. 31432], Shen & Durand 2016:76 [ref. 35591]). •Synonym of Liza lauvergnii (Eydoux & Souleyet 1850) -- (Kottelat 2013:276 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Planiliza affinis (Günther 1861) -- (Durand & Borsa 2015:268 [ref. 34115], Durand 2016:34 [ref. 35589], Kim et al. 2020:77 [ref. 39118]). •Valid as Chelon affinis (Günther 1861) -- (Randall 1995:235 [ref. 22896], Takahashi et al. 1997:46 [ref. 24971], Sato et al. 1998:40 [ref. 24972], Kim & Kim 1998:251 [ref. 25740], Chang et al. 1999:39 [ref. 24091], Mizuno et al. 1999:10 [ref. 25311], Nakabo 2000:538 [ref. 25086], Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Sakai et al. 2001:103 [ref. 25693], Shimizu 2001:34 [ref. 25799], Kim & Park 2002:296 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:538 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:362, 630 [ref. 26218], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:221 [ref. 36460]). •Valid as Planiliza lauvergnii (Eydoux & Souleyet 1850) -- (Hasan et al. 2022:504 [ref. 39700]). Current status: Synonym of Planiliza lauvergnii (Eydoux & Souleyet 1850). Mugilidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.