Mountain mullet | |
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Juvenile | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Mugiliformes |
Family: | Mugilidae |
Genus: |
Dajaus Valenciennes, 1836 [3] |
Species: | D. monticola
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Binomial name | |
Dajaus monticola (
Bancroft, 1834)
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Synonyms | |
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The mountain mullet (Dajaus monticola) is a freshwater 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]
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.
Mountain mullet | |
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Juvenile | |
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
|
The mountain mullet (Dajaus monticola) is a freshwater 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]
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.