Mugil liza Valenciennes

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 31

Mugil liza Valenciennes in Cuv. & Val. 1836 — Liza

Justification: Listed as "occasional" by Clavijo et al. (1980:23).

Distribution: WA (BD, FL, GOM, BA, GA, WC, nSA, sSA).

Remarks: Voucher specimens are needed to confirm the occurrence of M. liza in St. Croix. Harrison et al. (2007) and Menezes et al. (2010) give characters to separate M. cephalus and M. liza , but these two species are very difficult to distinguish. Beatty (1944:178) stated Mugil brasiliensis (currently considered a synonym of M. liza ) "enters fresh water streams," but he may have misapplied the name.