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Agonostomus monticola in Curaçao Island
Mountain mullet

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Agonostomus monticola   (Bancroft, 1834)
Family:	Mugilidae (Mullets)			picture (Agmon_u1.jpg) by Artigas Azas, J.M.
Order:	Mugiliformes  (Mullets)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Mountain mullet
Max. size:	36.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9321)
Environment:	pelagic-neritic; catadromous
Climate:	subtropical; 20 - 31°C; 36°N - 1°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec = 128,827)
Distribution:	North to South America: North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Texas in the USA to Colombia and Venezuela, including the West Indies.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 5-5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 9-9
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 (Ref. 11225). Tend to be few and solitary in upper streams, but form uneven schools in larger streams at lower elevations (Ref. 11225). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Usually spawn during the rainy season (Ref. 42119). Caught and consumed by local populations in some parts of central America
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Harrison, Ian
Main Ref:	Harrison, I.J.. 1995. (Ref. 9321)
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Curaçao Island country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
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Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Thomson, J.M., 1978
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