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Fish Species Description

Mountain mullet

Agonostomus monticola

(Bancroft, 1934)

Classification

Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Alternate Names:

Status:

Marine, brackish, freshwater

Notes:

This diadromus species can travel long distances upstream into freshwater and could potentially be captured in any free-flowing portions of Atlantic- or Gulf-slope rivers in Georgia.

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Savannah River basin.

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