''Planiliza'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
mullets found in coastal marine waters,
estuaries
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and rivers in the
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Planiliza'' was resurrected for nearly all Indo-Pacific species previously assigned to ''Liza'' because DNA-based cladistic analyses recovered ''Liza'' as polyphyletic, with some species placed as sister to the ''
Chelon'' type species and nearly all Indo-Pacific species to ''Planiliza''.
[Durand, J.-D., W.-J. Chen, K.-N. Shen, C. Fu, & P. Borsa. 2012. Genus-level taxonomic changes implied b mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 335: 687-697.]
Species
The following species are classified under ''Planiliza'' by
FishBase
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Planiliza abu''
( Heckel, 1843) (Abu mullet)
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Planiliza affinis''
( Günther, 1861) (Eastern keelback mullet)
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Planiliza alata''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1892) (Diamond mullet)
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Planiliza carinata''
(Valenciennes, 1836) (Keeled mullet)
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Planiliza haematocheila''
(Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temminc ...
& Schlegel, 1845) (So-iny Mullet)
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Planiliza klunzingeri''
( F. Day, 1888) (Klunzinger's mullet)
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Planiliza macrolepis''
( A. Smith, 1846) (Largescale mullet)
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Planiliza mandapamensis
''Planiliza'' is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Planiliza'' was resurrected for nearly all Indo-Pacific species previously assigned to ''Liza'' because DNA-based ...
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J. M. Thomson, 1997 (Indian mullet)
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Planiliza melinoptera
The Otomebora mullet (''Planiliza melinoptera''), the giantscale mullet or St Lucia mullet, is a species of fish in the family Mugilidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narr ...
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(Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1836) (Otomebora mullet)
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Planiliza persicus
''Planiliza'' is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Planiliza'' was resurrected for nearly all Indo-Pacific species previously assigned to ''Liza'' because DNA-based ...
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(Senou
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Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤 ...
, J. E. Randall & Okiyama, 1995) (Persian mullet)
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Planiliza planiceps
''Planiliza'' is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Planiliza'' was resurrected for nearly all Indo-Pacific species previously assigned to ''Liza'' because DNA-based ...
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(Valenciennes, 1836) (Tade gray mullet)
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Planiliza ramsayi
''Planiliza'' is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Planiliza'' was resurrected for nearly all Indo-Pacific species previously assigned to ''Liza'' because DNA-based ...
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( W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Ramsay's mullet)
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Planiliza subviridis''
(Valenciennes, 1836) (Greenback mullet)
References
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Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
Mugilidae