# Agonostomus

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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Agonostomus Agonostomus telfairii Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Mugiliformes Family: Mugilidae Genus: Agonostomus E. T. Bennett, 1832 Type species Agonostomus telfairii Bennett 1832 Synonyms Agonostoma Günther, 1861 Nestis Valenciennes, 1836

***Agonostomus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [ray-finned fish](/source/Ray-finned_fish) in the family [Mugilidae](/source/Mullet_(fish)), 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](/source/Indian_Ocean).[1]

## Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

- *[Agonostomus catalai](/source/Agonostomus_catalai)* [Pellegrin](/source/Jacques_Pellegrin), 1932 – Comoro mullet

- *[Agonostomus telfairii](/source/Agonostomus_telfairii)* [E. T. Bennett](/source/Edward_Turner_Bennett), 1832 – fairy mullet

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nirchio_1-0)** Nirchio, M; Oliveira, C; Ferreira, I. A.; Martins, C; Rossi, A. R.; Sola, L (2009). ["Classical and molecular cytogenetic characterization of *Agonostomus monticola*, a primitive species of Mugilidae (Mugiliformes)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151208171019/http://base.repositorio.unesp.br/bitstream/handle/11449/99430/nirchiot_m_dr_botib.pdf?sequence=1#page=87) (PDF). *Genetica*. **135** (1): 1–5. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/s10709-008-9256-8](https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10709-008-9256-8). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [18330712](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18330712). Archived from [the original](http://base.repositorio.unesp.br/bitstream/handle/11449/99430/nirchiot_m_dr_botib.pdf?sequence=1#page=87) (PDF) on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-04-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Agonostomus*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Agonostomus). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2018 version.

Taxon identifiers Agonostomus Wikidata: Q2707660 Wikispecies: Agonostomus ADW: Agonostomus BOLD: 97789 CoL: QVM GBIF: 2400885 iNaturalist: 86280 IRMNG: 1006991 ITIS: 170354 NCBI: 390297 Open Tree of Life: 289489 WoRMS: 159412

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