Family : Mugilidae (Mullets)
Order : Mugiliformes  (Mullets)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Greenback mullet
Fish Name : Liza subviridis
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 : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Harrison, Ian
Main Ref : Thomson, J.M.. 1984. (Ref. 3468)

India country information
Common Names : Greenback mullet, மடவை, மாவா கெண்டை  , కొనిగ, കന്പോ, തിരുത, அவீலீ மீன், அவிலி மீன், அவுளி மீன், சிரிய கென்டை, செலுவ கென்டை, சீறீய கெண்டை  , வெளிசா, കണന്വ്, മല്ലന്, மடவைக் கென்‍டை, கெஜமீன் கெண்டை , దింగ్లియ, கெஜமீனக் கென்‍டை, அவீலீமீன், செலுவகெண்டை, బొంతపరిగి , കണന്പ് , வெளீசா  , ಮದಥಾಲೆ  , மாதவீ , కోఇంగ , ಮಜ್ನಿ , సురాడ  , બોયા , மனலை , ಪಾರೆ  , Avelemeen, Avulimeen, Bonthaparigi, Boyea, Cheluvakandai, Chiryakandai, Dingliah, Gejameenakendai, Greenback grey mullet, Grey Mullet, Kanambu, Kanbo, Koinga, Koniga, Madathale, Madavai, Madavakandai, Majni, Mallan, Manalai, Pare, Surada, Thirutha, Velisa
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses