Chelon haematocheilus
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Haarder, also So-iuy mullet or Redlip mullet, Liza haematocheilus, is a species
of fish of the family
Mugilidae.
Sometime the haarder is incorrectly included in the genus
Mugil
(earlier it was described as Mugil soiuy), but now it is described in the genus Liza
.
from the estuary
of the Amur River to South Korea
. In the second part of the 20-th Century this fish species was artufutially naturalised in the Sea of Azov
.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of fish of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Mugilidae.
Sometime the haarder is incorrectly included in the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Mugil
Mugil
Mugil is one genus among 17 genera containing all together about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family Mugilidae commonly known as mullet...
(earlier it was described as Mugil soiuy), but now it is described in the genus Liza
Liza
Liza may refer to:People:* Liza, a nickname for Elizabeth* Liza Frulla, Canadian politician* Liza Goddard, British actress* Liza Minnelli, American actress and singer* Liza Tarbuck, British actress and television presenter...
.
Range
The natural range of the haarder is the Sea of JapanSea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific...
from the estuary
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
of the Amur River to South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. In the second part of the 20-th Century this fish species was artufutially naturalised in the Sea of Azov
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov , known in Classical Antiquity as Lake Maeotis, is a sea on the south of Eastern Europe. It is linked by the narrow Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea to the south and is bounded on the north by Ukraine mainland, on the east by Russia, and on the west by the Ukraine's Crimean...
.