''Planiliza'' is a
genus
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of
mullets found in coastal marine waters,
estuaries
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and rivers in the
Indo-Pacific
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.
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
''Chelon'' is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Atlantic Ocean and Arabian Sea.
Anatomy
''Chelon'' possesses the elongated body and dorsal fins typical of the order Mugiliformes, with frontal fins ...
'' 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, 1892) (Diamond mullet)
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Planiliza carinata''
(Valenciennes, 1836) (Keeled mullet)
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Planiliza haematocheila''
( Temminck & 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''
J. M. Thomson, 1997 (Indian mullet)
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Planiliza melinoptera''
(Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1836) (Otomebora mullet)
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Planiliza persicus''
( Senou, J. E. Randall & Okiyama, 1995) (Persian mullet)
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Planiliza planiceps''
(Valenciennes, 1836) (Tade gray mullet)
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Planiliza ramsayi''
( W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Ramsay's mullet)
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Planiliza subviridis''
(Valenciennes, 1836) (Greenback mullet)
References
Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
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