Biology:Mountain mullet
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Short description: Species of ray-finned fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Dajaus Valenciennes, 1836[3] |
| Species: | D. monticola
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| Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834)
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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 650 m (2,130 ft) 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
- ↑ NatureServe.; Lyons, T.J. (2019). "Agonostomus monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192943A129628295.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192943/129628295. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Agonostomus monticola". The Nature Conservancy. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100752/Agonostomus_monticola.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Dajaus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1404.
- ↑ "Agonostomus monticola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=170355.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Dajaus monticola" in FishBase. September 2013 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dajaus in FishBase. September 2013 version.
- ↑ Mauricio Salas Varga (2009) (in es). Humedales Maquenque - Humedales de Ramsar (FIR) – Anexo #2 Biodiversidad 2009 (Report). Centro Científico Tropical. p. 4. https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/46533284/documents/CR1918taxo2009.pdf. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ 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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