Agonostomus monticola

Agonostomus monticola
Juvenile Agonostomus monticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Agonostomus
Species: A. monticola
Binomial name
Agonostomus monticola
(Bancroft, 1834)

Agonostomus monticola (Spanish vernacular: dajao, trucha de tierra caliente; English vernacular: mountain mullet) is a freshwater fish of the family Mugilidae in the Mugiliformes order.[2] It can be found in North and South America, from North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Texas in the United States to Colombia and Venezuela, including the West Indies in the Antilles.[3] It is common in the Toro Negro State Forest in central Puerto Rico.[4]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Agonostomus monticola". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T192943A2180465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192943A2180465.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft in Griffith and Smith, 1834); Taxonomic Serial No.: 170355 ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft, 1834); Mountain mullet. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. ↑ 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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