Liza (genus)

Liza (genus)

Taxobox
name = Liza
fossil_range = Early Miocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-08
]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Mugiliformes
familia = Mugilidae
genus = "Liza"

"Liza" is one genus among 17 genera containing altogether about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family Mugilidae commonly known as mullet. The genus "Liza" contains 24 species.

Note: The mullet species with common name Liza is in fact "Mugil liza", thus in the genus "Mugil".

Species

* Abu mullet "Liza abu"
* Broad-mouthed mullet "Liza parmata"
* Diamond mullet "Liza alata"
* Eastern keelback mullet "Liza affinis"
* Flat-tail mullet "Liza argentea"
* Golden grey mullet "Liza aurata"
* Gold-spot mullet "Liza parsia"
* Greenback mullet "Liza subviridis"
* Grooved mullet "Liza dumerili"
* Keeled mullet "Liza carinata"
* Klunzinger's mullet "Liza klunzingeri"
* Largescale mullet "Liza macrolepis"
* Largescaled mullet "Liza grandisquamis"
* Leaping mullet "Liza saliens"
* Otomebora mullet "Liza melinoptera"
* Persian mullet "Liza persicus"
* Ramsay's mullet "Liza ramsayi"
* Sicklefin mullet "Liza falcipinnis"
* South African mullet "Liza richardsonii"
* Squaretail mullet "Liza vaigiensis"
* Striped mullet "Liza tricuspidens"
* Tade mullet "Liza tade"
* Thinlip mullet "Liza ramado"
* "Liza mandapamensis"

(Links below are to [http://www.fishbase.org/search.php Fishbase] entries for species)

References


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