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Liza subviridis in East Timor
Greenback mullet

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Liza subviridis   (Valenciennes, 1836)
Family:	Mugilidae (Mullets)			picture (Lisub_u1.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
Order:	Mugiliformes  (Mullets)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Greenback mullet
Max. size:	40.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9812)
Environment:	demersal; catadromous
Climate:	tropical; 30°N - 28°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; bait: usually
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.15-0.63)
Distribution:	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Samoa, north to Japan. Collected at Natal, South Africa (Ref. 11228).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 4-5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 9-9. Dark greenish dorsally, brownish over head, white ventrally; 3-6 indistinct, dark stripes along upper rows of scales; greyish dorsal fins; caudal fin bluish with black margin (Ref. 9812). Yellowish pectoral fin and may have a blue spot at fin origin (Ref. 9812).
Biology:	Form schools in shallow coastal waters and enters lagoons, estuaries, and fresh water to feed (Ref. 9812). Juveniles may enter rice fields and mangroves (Ref. 9812). Feed on small algae, diatoms and benthic detrital material taken in with sand and mud; fry take zooplankton, diatoms, detrital material and inorganic sediment (Ref. 9812). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Spawning occurs at sea. Also caught with stakenets (Ref. 9812). Marketed fresh and salted
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Harrison, Ian
Main Ref:	Thomson, J.M.. 1984. (Ref. 3468)
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East Timor country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Larson, H.K. and B. Pidgeon, 2004
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Abundance:	abundant (always seen in some numbers)		Ref:  Larson, H.K. and B. Pidgeon, 2004
Uses:	live export:
Comments:	River near Deli.
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Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Bathia, U. and T. Wongratana, 1974
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	Modified:  Busson, Frédéric	Entered:  Capuli, Estelita Emily

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