Planiliza


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 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.

Species

The following species are classified under Planiliza:
  • Planiliza abu
  • Planiliza alata
  • Planiliza carinata
  • Planiliza haematocheilus
  • Planiliza klunzingeri
  • Planiliza lauvergnii
  • Planiliza macrolepis
  • Planiliza mandapamensis J. M. Thomson, 1997
  • Planiliza ordensis
  • Planiliza planiceps
  • ''Planiliza subviridis''