Liza (genus)
| Liza Temporal range: Early Miocene to Present[1] | |
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| Leaping mullet (L. saliens) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Liza D. S. Jordan & Swain, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Liza ramada (A. Risso, 1827) | |
Liza is the largest genus of Mugilid mullets. They are found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Indo-Pacific region and East Atlantic, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Species
There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus: [2]
- Liza abu (Heckel, 1843) (Abu mullet)
- Liza affinis (Günther, 1861) (Eastern keelback mullet)
- Liza alata (Steindachner, 1892) (Diamond mullet)
- Liza argentea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Flat-tail mullet)
- Liza aurata (A. Risso, 1810) (Golden grey mullet)
- Liza bandialensis Diouf, 1991 (Diassanga mullet)
- Liza carinata (Valenciennes, 1836) (Keeled mullet)
- Liza dumerili (Steindachner, 1870) (Grooved mullet)
- Liza falcipinnis (Valenciennes, 1836) (Sicklefin mullet)
- Liza grandisquamis (Valenciennes, 1836) (Largescaled mullet)
- Liza haematocheila (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (So-iny Mullet)
- Liza klunzingeri (F. Day, 1888) (Klunzinger's mullet)
- Liza luciae (M. L. Penrith & M. J. Penrith, 1967) (Saint Lucia mullet)
- Liza macrolepis (A. Smith, 1846) (Largescale mullet)
- Liza mandapamensis J. M. Thomson, 1997 (Indian mullet)
- Liza melinoptera (Valenciennes, 1836) (Otomebora mullet)
- Liza parsia (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gold-spot mullet)
- Liza persicus (Senou, J. E. Randall & Okiyama, 1995) (Persian mullet)
- Liza ramada (A. Risso, 1827) (Thinlip grey mullet)
- Liza ramsayi (W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Ramsay's mullet)
- Liza richardsonii (A. Smith, 1846) (South African mullet)
- Liza saliens (A. Risso, 1810) (Leaping mullet)
- Liza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836) (Greenback mullet)
- Liza tricuspidens (J. L. B. Smith, 1935) (Striped mullet)
- Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Squaretail mullet)
Note: The mullet species with common name Liza is in fact Mugil liza, thus in the genus Mugil.
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Liza in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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