![Agonostomus monticola](https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mountain-Mullet-Agonostomus-monticola-1024x576.png)
Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Mugilidae | Dajaus monticola | (Bancroft) | 1836 | Mountain Mullet |
Dajaus monticola
Unique Characters: Robust and brown-colored body, yellow fins, and dusky blotch at base of the caudal fin. No adipose eyelid.
Similar Species:
Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus. Stripes on the silvery sides, no caudal blotch, and has an adipose eyelid.
![Mugil cephalus](https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Striped-Mullet-Mugil-cephalus-1024x452.jpg)
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