Liza (genus)

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Liza
Temporal range: Early Miocene to Present[1]
Thinlip Grey Mullet (L. ramada)
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.

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

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Liza in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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