The Dajaos 



northward to Key West where it is abundant. It attains a 

 length of 10 inches and is of some little value as food. 



The genus Chcenomugil, distinguished by the absence of an 

 adipose eyelid, has in our waters a single species, C. proboscideus, 



a little mullet, reaching 6 inches in length. It occurs on our 

 Pacific Coast from Mazatlan to Panama. It is not abundant and 

 is not of much food value. 



GENUS AGONOSTOMUS BENNETT 

 The Dajaos 



This genus differs from Mugil chiefly in not having the 

 stomach gizzard-like. Cleft of mouth extending laterally about 

 to front of eye; teeth small, in villiform bands in each jaw, 

 sometimes also on vomer; edge of lower lip rounded; anal 

 spines usually 2, the first soft ray slender and often taken for a 

 spine. Small, freshwater mullets found in mountain streams in 

 tropical regions. The American species constitute the subgenus 

 Dajaus, characterized by the presence of teeth on the palatines. 



Four species have been recognized as occurring within our 

 limits, none being of much importance as food. 



The dajao (A.monticola) is found in freshwater streams of the 

 West Indies and eastern Mexico, and is the most abundant and best 



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