Keeled mullet (Liza carinata)

Scientific name: Liza carinata Valenciennes, 1836

Keeled mullet (Liza carinata)

The Keeled mullet (Liza carinata) is a brackish-water fish of the family Mugilidae. Native range: Indian Ocean, Red Sea to Bombay, India. Reported from Japan and the coast of China; occurrence in the Western Pacific needs to be verified.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Liza carinata
Family
Mugilidae (Mullets)
Order
Mugiliformes (Mullets)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
18.0
Common length
15.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indian Ocean: Red Sea to Bombay, India. Reported from Japan and the coast of China; occurrence in the Western Pacific needs to be verified.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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