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Mugil liza in Curaçao Island
Liza

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Mugil liza   Valenciennes, 1836
Family:	Mugilidae (Mullets)			picture (Muliz_u0.gif) by FAO
Order:	Mugiliformes  (Mullets)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Liza
Max. size:	80.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5217); max. published weight: 9,000 g (Ref. 5217)
Environment:	demersal; catadromous ; depth range - 10 m
Climate:	subtropical; 32°N - 51°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.11-0.24; assuming tm=2-3)
Distribution:	Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), Bahamas, and throughout the Caribbean Sea to Argentina.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 5-5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 8-8
Biology:	Inhabit coastal marine waters and brackish estuaries (Ref. 3791); also found in hyper-saline lagoons and may enter freshwater (Ref. 5217). Never far from the sea (Ref. 3791). Form sizeable schools (Ref. 3791). Appear to undergo trophic migrations along the coasts (Ref. 35237). Feed on organic detritus and filamentous algae (Ref. 9626). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Spawn several million eggs (Ref. 35237) at sea (Ref. 3791). Also caught with beach nets (Ref. 5217). Marketed fresh and salted (Ref. 5217). The roe is marketed salt-pickled and dried and considered a delicacy (Ref. 5217)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Harrison, Ian
Main Ref:	Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray. 1986. (Ref. 7251)
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Curaçao Island country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
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Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992
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	Modified:  Froese, Rainer	Entered:  Agustin, Liza Q.

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