Mountain mullet

Mountain mullet
Juvenile

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Dajaus
Valenciennes, 1836[3]
Species:
D. monticola
Binomial name
Dajaus monticola
(Bancroft, 1834)
Synonyms
List
  • Mugil monticola Bancroft, 1834
  • Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft, 1834)
  • Mugil irretitus Gosse, 1851
  • Agonostoma nasutum Günther, 1861
  • Agonostoma percoides Günther, 1861
  • Agonostoma microps Günther, 1861
  • Agonostomus microps (Günther, 1861)
  • Dajaus elongatus Kner, 1863
  • Neomugil digueti Vaillant, 1894
  • Agonostomus macracanthus Regan, 1907
  • Agonostomus salvini Regan, 1907
  • Joturus daguae Eigenmann, 1918
  • Agonostoma squamipinne Mohr, 1927
  • Agonostomus hancocki Seale, 1932

The mountain mullet (Dajaus monticola) is a freshwater ray-finned fish of the family Mugilidae.[4] It can be found in North and South America, from North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Texas in the United States[2] to Colombia and Venezuela, including the West Indies in the Antilles.[5] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Dajaus.[6]

Conservation

It is considered threatened in Costa Rica. It is found from sea level up to 650m in altitude in the rivers of the Maquenque National Wildlife Refuge.[7] It is common in the Toro Negro State Forest in central Puerto Rico.[8] and in Mountain rivers of the Dominican Republic.

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe. & Lyons, T.J. (2019). "Agonostomus monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T192943A129628295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192943A129628295.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Agonostomus monticola". NatureServe Explorer. 7.1. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dajaus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Agonostomus monticola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dajaus monticola". FishBase. September 2013 version.
  6. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dajaus". FishBase. September 2013 version.
  7. ^ Mauricio Salas Varga (2009). Humedales Maquenque - Humedales de Ramsar (FIR) – Anexo #2 Biodiversidad 2009 (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Centro Científico Tropical. p. 4. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Archived 2015-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 9 September 2013.


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