Genus Liza Jordan & Swain, 1884
- Liza Jordan, D.S. & Swain, J. 1884. A review of the American species of marine Mugilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 7(17): 261-275 [261] [as subgenus of Mugil].
Type species:
Mugil capito Cuvier, 1829 by original designation.
Introduction
Heras et al. (2009) recommended combining the genus with Chelon based on genetic studies. Durant et al (2012a, b) regarded the genus as recognised here as polyphyletic and recommended moving several species to other genera. There has also been considerable confusion over the names of Liza alata, Liza tade and Liza ordensis. Thompson (1954) regarded Liza alata as a senior synonym of Liza ordensis. Larson et al (2013) recognised the species as distinct based on molecular studies of Durand et al (2012a). However, Durand et al (2012b) stated that ordensis was a synonym of alata and placed the genus in Planiliza. Larson et al. (2013) also indicated that previous records of Liza tade from northern Australian (Thompson 1997; Hoese & Bray 2006) were based on misidentifications of this species. Harrison & Senou (1999) also suggested that records of Liza planiceps, which they treated as the correct name for the species previously referred to as Liza tade from Australia, were probably misidentifications of other species. However J. Ghasemzadeh, who has studied Australian mullets has identified material of both species form Australia. We are unable to resolve the conflict at the specific and generic levels.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
MUGILIDAE: Liza alata Steindachner, 1892 [considered to be restricted to western Indian Ocean] — Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [54]
MUGILIDAE: Liza dumerili (Steindachner, 1879) — Thomson, J.M. 1997. The Mugilidae of the world. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(3): 457-562 fig. 1 [522] (restricted to western Indian Ocean)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Atlantic-Indo-west-central Pacific.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Durand, D., Shen, K.-N., Chen, W.-J., Jamandre, B.W., Blel, H., Diop, K., Nirchio, M., Garcia de León, F.J., Whitfield, A.K., Chang, C.-W. & Borsa, P. 2012. Systematics of the grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugiliformes: Mugilidae): Molecular phylogenetic evidence challenges two centuries of morphology-based taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64(1): 73-92
Durand, J.-D., Chen, W.-J., Shen, K.-N., Fu, C. & Borsa, P. 2012. Genus-level taxonomic changes implied by the mitochondrial phylogeny of grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies [from 2002, formerly Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series III - Sciences de la Vie] 335: 687-697
Harrison, I.J. & Senou, H. 1999. Order Mugiliformes. pp. 2069-2790 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
Heras, S., Roldán, M.I. & Castro, M.G. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Mugilidae fishes revised. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 19(2): 217–231
Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Mugilidae. pp. 675-685 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp.
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
Thomson, J.M. 1954. The Mugilidae of Australia and adjacent seas. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5(1): 70-131 figs 1-16 pls 1-2
Thomson, J.M. 1997. The Mugilidae of the world. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(3): 457-562 fig. 1
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2015 | MUGILIFORMES | 13-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 26-May-2014 | MODIFIED |