Agonostomus monticola
| Agonostomus monticola | |
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| 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) | |
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Agonostomus monticola (Spanish vernacular: dajao, trucha de tierra caliente; English vernacular: mountain mullet) is a freshwater fish of the Mugilidae family 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]
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- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Agonostomus monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ 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. 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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