Agonostomus telfairii
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Agonostomus |
| Species: | A. telfairii |
| Binomial name | |
| Agonostomus telfairii E. T. Bennett, 1832 | |
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Agonostomus telfairii is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mugilidae, the mullets. It is known by the common name fairy mullet.[1][2] It is native to the islands off the eastern coast of Africa, where it can be found in freshwater bodies and estuaries in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, and Réunion.[1][2] It returns to the sea to spawn.[2]
This species grows to a length of 75 centimetres (30 in) TL and is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.[2] The specific name honours the Irish botanist and ship's surgeon Charles Telfair (1778-1833), who is known to have made a botanical and zoological collection in Mauritius in 1810 which included the type of this species.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Sparks, J.S. (2020) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Agonostomus telfairii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T697A174775712. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T697A174775712.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Agonostomus telfairii". FishBase.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (17 September 2022). "Order MUGILIFORMES (Mullets)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 4.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 April 2024.