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

Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), Bahamas, and throughout the Caribbean Sea to Argentina. Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Inhabit coastal marine waters and brackish estuaries (Ref. 3791); also found in hyper-saline lagoons and may enter freshwater (Ref. 5217).

Habitat: in inshore marine waters plus estuaries, lagoons and occasionally in freshwater. Depth: 0-125 m, typically inshore. Bermuda to Brazil.

Planiliza is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Indo-Pacific.

Planiliza carinata, the keeled mullet, is a species of grey mullet from the family Mugilidae which is found in the western Indian Ocean and eastern Mediterranean Sea. It colonised the Mediterranean by Lessepsian migration from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. The keeled mullet is a species of minor importance in commercial fisheries.

Distribution: All tropical and temperate seas. Chiefly marine (coastal) and brackish water; some in freshwater (Liza abu only in fresh and estuaries). Short description: Spinous (4 spines) and soft dorsal fins widely separated. Pelvic fins subabdominal; 1 spine, 5 soft rays. Lateral line hardly visible when present.

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

M. liza is a catadromous fish, which at the Patos Lagoon Estuary (PLE), swims to the sea during fall, April and May for reproductive migration. Migration begins when cold fronts with winds blowing from the south cool the surface waters ( Vieira and Scalabrin, 1991 ) …

The Lebranche mullet or the liza (Mugil liza) is a species of saltwater fish in the family Mugilidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea and is fished commercially. The size of a liza is commonly about 40 centimetres, a record size is 80 cm.

Forms schools in shallow brackish and coastal waters, and the lower freshwater parts of rivers. Feeds on small algae, diatoms, forams, polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs, organic matter and detritus. Forms larger aggregations to spawn at sea. The species is fished throughout its range.