Mountain mullet
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The mountain mullet (Dajaus monticola) is a freshwater fish of the family Mugilidae.[4] It can be found in North and South America, from North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Texas in the United States[2] to Colombia and Venezuela, including the West Indies in the Antilles.[5] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Dajaus.[6]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Mugiliformes |
Family: | Mugilidae |
Genus: | Dajaus Valenciennes, 1836[3] |
Species: | D. monticola |
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Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834) | |
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