{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Agonostomus telfairii.jpg | image_caption = ''Agonostomus telfairii'' | taxon = Agonostomus | authority = [[Edward Turner Bennett|E. T. Bennett]], 1832 | type_species = ''Agonostomus telfairii'' | type_species_authority = Bennett 1832 | synonyms = *''Agonostoma'' <small>[[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1861</small> *''Nestis'' <small>[[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1836</small> }}

'''''Agonostomus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[ray-finned fish]] in the family [[mullet (fish)|Mugilidae]], the mullets. Considered to be the most primitive of the mullets, they are generally marine fish (though they spend much of their adult lives in freshwater). The two members of the genus occur in the [[Indian Ocean]].<ref name=nirchio>{{cite journal|url=http://base.repositorio.unesp.br/bitstream/handle/11449/99430/nirchiot_m_dr_botib.pdf?sequence=1#page=87|title=Classical and molecular cytogenetic characterization of ''Agonostomus monticola'', a primitive species of Mugilidae (Mugiliformes)|journal=Genetica|volume=135|issue=1|pages=1–5|pmid=18330712|year=2009|author1=Nirchio|first1=M|last2=Oliveira|first2=C|last3=Ferreira|first3=I. A.|last4=Martins|first4=C|last5=Rossi|first5=A. R.|last6=Sola|first6=L|doi=10.1007/s10709-008-9256-8|access-date=2015-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208171019/http://base.repositorio.unesp.br/bitstream/handle/11449/99430/nirchiot_m_dr_botib.pdf?sequence=1#page=87|archive-date=2015-12-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Agonostomus| month = June | year = 2018}}</ref> * ''[[Agonostomus catalai]]'' <small>[[Jacques Pellegrin|Pellegrin]], 1932</small> &ndash; Comoro mullet * ''[[Agonostomus telfairii]]'' <small>[[Edward Turner Bennett|E. T. Bennett]], 1832</small> &ndash; fairy mullet

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