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 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 by FishBase:
- Planiliza abu
- Planiliza affinis
- Planiliza alata
- Planiliza haematocheila
- Planiliza macrolepis
- Planiliza melinopterus
- Planiliza subviridis
In addition the following species are classified in this genus by some authorities:
- Planiliza carinata
- Planiliza klunzingeri
- Planiliza mandapamensis J. M. Thomson, 1997
- Planiliza persicus
- Planiliza planiceps
- Planiliza ramsayi
