Agonostomus telfairii
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Mugiliformes |
Family: | Mugilidae |
Genus: | Agonostomus |
Species: | A. telfairii
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Binomial name | |
Agonostomus telfairii E. T. Bennett, 1832
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Synonyms | |
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Agonostomus telfairii, the fairy mullet, is a species of 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.[3][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.[4]
References
- ^ a b Sparks, J.S. (2016). "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, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Agonostomus telfairii. FishBase. 2015.
- ^ Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Agonostomus telfairii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T697A174775712. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T697A174775712.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 June 2018). "Mugiliformes". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 October 2018.