The mountain mullet (Dajaus monticola) is a freshwater ray-finned fish of the family Mugilidae. 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. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Dajaus.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Mountain Mullet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Scaphesthes barbatula
- Neolissochilus stracheyi
- Parazacco spilurus
- Nipponocypris temminckii
- Squalius carolitertii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Mugiliformes
- Family
- Mugilidae
- Genus
- Dajaus
- Species
- Dajaus monticola
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