Liza (genus)

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.

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