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