Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Mugilomorphae
Ordo: Mugiliformes
Familia: Mugilidae
Subfamilia: Mugilinae
Genus: Agonostomus
Species: A. catalai – A. monticola – A. telfairii
Name
Agonostomus Bennett, 1832
Gender: masculine
Type species: Agonostomus telfairii Bennett, 1832, by monotypy.
Synonyms
Agonostoma Günther, 1861
Dajaus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
Neomugil Vaillant, 1894
Nestis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
References
Bennett, E. T. (1832) Observations on a collection of fishes from the Mauritius, presented by Mr. Telfair, with characters of new genera and species. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1): 165–169.
Harrison, I. J. (2003 [dated 2002]). Mugilidae (1071–1085). In K. E. Carpenter (Ed.), The living marine resources of the western central Atlantic, FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. Vol. 2. FAO, Rome.
Links
Agonostomus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Agonostomus is a genus of fish in the family Mugilidae, the mullets.
These are 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.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
Agonostomus catalai Pellegrin, 1932 – Comoro mullet
Agonostomus telfairii E. T. Bennett, 1832 – fairy mullet
References
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)" (PDF). Genetica. 135 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1007/s10709-008-9256-8. PMID 18330712. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Agonostomus in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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