Agonostomus
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| Agonostomus | |
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| Agonostomus monticola | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Agonostomus |
Agonostomus is one of the 17 genera of the family Mugilidae (commonly known as mullet). Altogether, these genera have about 80 species of ray-finned fish. The genus Agonostomus itself contains only three species.
[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) |
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| 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 |
