Animalia > Chordata > Mugiliformes > Mugilidae > Mugil > Mugil liza

Mugil liza (Liza; Lebranche mullet; Fantail mullet; Blueback mullet; Mullet)

Synonyms: Lugil liza; Mugil brasiliensis (heterotypic); Mugil lebranchus; Mugil platanus
Language: Creole, French; Danish; French; Galibi; Mandarin Chinese; Palicur; Papiamento; Portuguese; Spanish; Wayuu

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lebranche mullet or the liza (Mugil liza) is a species of saltwater fish in the Mugilidae family. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea and is fished commercially.
View Wikipedia Record: Mugil liza

Attributes

Migration [1]  Catadromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve   Honduras      

Predators

Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Neotropic Cormorant)[2]
Podiceps major (great grebe)[3]
Podiceps major major (Great Grebe)[4]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Diet of Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) in an estuarine environment, V. Barquete, L. Bugoni, C. M. Vooren, Mar Biol (2008) 153:431–443
♦ 3MAJOR, P. (2010). Foraging ecology of the great grebe podicephorus major in Mar Chiquita lagoon (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Ardeola, 57(1), 133-141.
♦ 4FORAGING ECOLOGY OF THE GREAT GREBE PODICEPHORUS MAJOR IN MAR CHIQUITA LAGOON (BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA), María Laura JOSENS, María Susana BÓ and Marco FAVERO, Ardeola 57(1), 2010, 133-141
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0