First Record of Agonostomus monticola (Family: Mugilidae) in Mississippi Freshwaters with Notes of its Distribution in the Southern United States

Authors

Wilfredo A. Matamoros, Louisiana State UniversityFollow
Jacob F. Schaefer, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Paul F. Mickle, University of Southern MississippiFollow
William Arthurs, NCASI, Northwest Aquatic Biology Facility
R. Joan Ikoma, NCASI, Northwest Aquatic Biology Facility
Renee Ragsdale, NCASI, Northwest Aquatic Biology Facility

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Department

Biological Sciences

School

Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences

Abstract

An individual of Agonostomus monticola (Mountain Mullet) was collected in southern Mississippi while conducting a series of community surveys on 7 November 2007. This is the first documented report of Mountain Mullet in Mississippi freshwaters, even though there are reports of three specimens collected in Mississippi estuarine waters in 1937. Given its life history and difficulties in sampling, it is likely that Mountain Mullet has a broader distribution and more frequently occurs in Gulf Coast drainages in the southern US than was previously thought.

Comments

©Southeastern Naturalist

Publication Title

Southeastern Naturalist

Volume

8

Issue

1

First Page

175

Last Page

178

Recommended Citation

Matamoros, W. A., Schaefer, J. F., Mickle, P. F., Arthurs, W., Ikoma, R., Ragsdale, R. (2009). First Record of Agonostomus monticola (Family: Mugilidae) in Mississippi Freshwaters with Notes of its Distribution in the Southern United States. Southeastern Naturalist, 8(1), 175-178.
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