African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Agonostomus Bennett, 1832

AphiaID

159412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159412)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mugilidae Jarocki, 1822

Synonymised names

Agonostoma Bennett, 1832 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Neomugil Vaillant, 1894 · unaccepted

Nestis Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted

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Species Agonostomus catalai Pellegrin, 1932
Species Agonostomus telfairii Bennett, 1832
Species Agonostomus dobuloides (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Agonostomus telfairii Bennett, 1832
Species Agonostomus forsteri (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes, 1836)
Species Agonostomus globuloides (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Agonostomus telfairii Bennett, 1832 (misspelling)
Species Agonostomus hancocki Seale, 1932 accepted as Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834)
Species Agonostomus macracanthus Regan, 1907 accepted as Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834)
Species Agonostomus microps (Günther, 1861) accepted as Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834)
Species Agonostomus monitcola (Bancroft, 1834) accepted as Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834) (misspelling)
Species Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft, 1834) accepted as Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834) (superseded new combination)
Species Agonostomus salvini Regan, 1907 accepted as Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834)
Species Agonostomus telfair Bennett, 1832 accepted as Agonostomus telfairii Bennett, 1832 (misspelling: specific epithet)
Species Agonostomus telfairi Bennett, 1832 accepted as Agonostomus telfairii Bennett, 1832 (misspelling: specific epithet)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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 Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 1830-31 (pt 1): 165-169. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Agonostomus Bennett, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159412 on 2025-06-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-04 10:51:58Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-07 14:11:33Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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 Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 1830-31 (pt 1): 165-169. [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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