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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Binomial name | |
Agonostomus telfairii
E. T. Bennett, 1832
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Agonostomus telfairii 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. [1] [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. [3]