Mountain mullet (Agonostomus monticola)

Scientific name: Agonostomus monticola Bancroft, 1834

Mountain mullet (Agonostomus monticola)

The Mountain mullet (Agonostomus monticola) is a freshwater fish of the family Mugilidae. In the aquarium it needs water at 20–31°C (68–88°F). Native range: North to South America, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Texas in the USA to Colombia and Venezuela, including the West Indies.

Mountain mullet care at a glance

Temperature
20–31°C (68–88°F)

Biology

Adults live in freshwater rivers and streams. Young are encountered occasionally in brackish waters. This is the only mullet that ascends far inland and spends all its adult life in freshwater. Tend to be few and solitary in upper streams, but form uneven schools in larger streams at lower elevations. Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive. Usually spawn during the rainy season. Caught and consumed by local populations in some parts of central America.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Agonostomus monticola
Family
Mugilidae (Mullets)
Order
Mugiliformes (Mullets)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
36.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; catadromous
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
North to South America: North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Texas in the USA to Colombia and Venezuela, including the West Indies.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec = 128,827)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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