Biology:Agonostomus monticola

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Agonostomus monticola
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Juvenile Agonostomus monticola
Scientific classification
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Mugilidae
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A. monticola
Binomial name
Agonostomus monticola
(Bancroft, 1834)
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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. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/192943/0. 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. 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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