Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft 1834)

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 30

Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft 1834) — Mountain Mullet (Gut Mullet), Fig. 6C

Justification: UF 180903 (1), UF 180953 (6) and UF 181041 (5); FMNH 52799 (2); ZMUC P.71471–72 (2, 153–180 mm SL), St. Croix , Jan. 1896 and ZMUC P.701 (1, 150 mm SL), St. Croix, 1906 .

Distribution: WA (FL, GOM, GA,VI, LA,WC).

Remarks: In his list of freshwater species Beatty (1944:178) commented on the interesting life cycle of this amphidromus species; see quote in "Historical Perspective."

Figures

FIGURE 6. (A) Antennarius multiocellatus, UF 149669, 13.2 mm SL, L. A. Rocha; (B) Antennarius pauciradiatus, UF 149677, 27 mm SL, L. A. Rocha; (C) Agonostomus monticola, UF 180903, 86 mm SL, H. L. Jelks; (D) Mugil rubrioculus, UF 183045, 130 mm SL, H. L. Jelks; (E) Atherinomorus stipes, UF 180968, 46 mm SL, H. L. Jelks.