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Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9.

Common Names

  • بوري النَّهر , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Bjergmulte , Danish , Denmark
  • Freshwater mullet , English , Cuba
  • Mountain mullet , English , Belize
  • Mountain mullet , English , Costa Rica
  • Mountain Mullet , English , Cuba
  • Mountain mullet , English , Mexico
  • Mountain mullet , English , Puerto Rico
  • Mountain mullet , English , Trinidad Tobago
  • Mountain mullet , English , USA
  • Mountain mullet , English , Global
  • Mulet , French , Martinique
  • Mulet de fleuve , French , Global
  • 大棘圆口鲻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大棘圓口鯔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 長體圓口鯔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 长体圆口鲻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Dajao , Spanish , Cuba
  • Dajao , Spanish , Puerto Rico
  • Lisa , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Lisa de rio , Spanish , Mexico
  • Lisa de río , Spanish , Spain
  • Tepemechín , Spanish , Costa Rica
  • Trucha , Spanish , Cuba
  • Trucha de tierra caliente , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Mugiliformes

    Family: Mugilidae

    Genus: Dajaus

    Species: Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Texas in the USA south to Venezuela, including the West Indies.

    • Biology

    Inhabits pools and runs of small to medium rivers (Ref. 86798). 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.

    Habitat

    freshwater

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless