''Planiliza'' is a

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of mullets found in coastal marine waters,

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and rivers in the

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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

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: * '' Planiliza abu'' ( Heckel, 1843) (Abu mullet) * '' Planiliza affinis'' ( Günther, 1861) (Eastern keelback mullet) * '' Planiliza alata'' (

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, 1892) (Diamond mullet) * '' Planiliza carinata'' (Valenciennes, 1836) (Keeled mullet) * '' Planiliza haematocheila'' (

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, 1845) (So-iny Mullet) * ''

Planiliza klunzingeri ''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 ...

'' ( F. Day, 1888) (Klunzinger's mullet) * '' Planiliza macrolepis'' (

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, 1846) (Largescale mullet) * ''

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 ...

'' J. M. Thomson, 1997 (Indian mullet) * ''

Planiliza melinoptera The Otomebora mullet (''Planiliza melinoptera''), the giantscale mullet or St. Lucia mullet, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mugilidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Eart ...

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, 1836) (Otomebora mullet) * ''

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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, J. E. Randall & Okiyama, 1995) (Persian mullet) * ''

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 ...

'' (Valenciennes, 1836) (Tade gray mullet) * ''

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 ...

'' ( W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Ramsay's mullet) * '' Planiliza subviridis'' (Valenciennes, 1836) (Greenback mullet)

References

Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley {{Mugilidae-stub