Agonostomus

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Agonostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Genus: Agonostomus

Agonostomus is one genus among 17 containing altogether about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family (Mugilidae) commonly known as mullet.

[edit] Species

  • [Agonostomus catalai
  • Fairy mullet Agonostomus telfairii
  • Mountain mullet Agonostomus monticola

3 species in this genus are recorded in Fishbase (March 2007). (Links in the following table are to Fishbase entries for species)

Species name (2007) Common name Nominal species (historic)
Agonostomus catalai Agonostomus telfair catalai Pellegrin, 1932
Agonostomus monticola Mountain mullet Agonostoma microps Günther, 1861; Agonostoma nasutum Günther, 1861; Agonostoma percoides Günther, 1861; Agonostoma squamipinne Mohr, 1927; Agonostomus hancocki Seale, 1932; Agonostomus macracanthus Regan, 1907; Agonostomus microps Günther, 1861; Agonostomus salvini Regan, 1907; Joturus daguae Eigenmann, 1918; Mugil monticola Bancroft, 1834; Neomugil digueti Vaillant, 1894
Agonostomus telfairii Fairy mullet Agonostoma dobuloides (Valenciennes, 1836); Agonostomus dobuloides (Valenciennes, 1836); Agonostomus telfairii Bennett, 1832; Nestis cyprinoides Valenciennes, 1836; Nestis dobuloides Valenciennes, 1836