Biology:Agonostomus telfairii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Mugilidae |
| Genus: | Agonostomus |
| Species: | A. telfairii
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| Agonostomus telfairii E. T. Bennett, 1832
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/697/174775712. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/697/174775712. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Mugiliformes". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 4 June 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/mugiliformes/. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q304861 entry
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