Mountain mullet

Mountain mullet
Juvenile
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific 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

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. "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.