telfairii, Agonostomus Bennett [E. T.] 1832:166 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 4944] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1861.8.14.9. •Valid as Agonostomus telfairii Bennett 1832 -- (Thomson 1986:344 [ref. 6215], Poll & Gosse 1995:107 [ref. 24781], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:354 [ref. 22780], Thomson 1997:467 [ref. 23428], Fricke 1999:357 [ref. 24106], Keith et al. 1999:84 [ref. 24548], Stiassny & Harrison 2000:148 [ref. 25252], Fricke et al. 2009:29 [ref. 30213], Durand et al. 2012:690 [ref. 32366], Durand 2016:28 [ref. 35589], Fricke et al. 2018:93 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:21 [ref. 36883], Ghasamzadeh 2022:310 [ref. 39712], Fricke et al. 2024:78 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Agonostomus telfairii Bennett 1832. Mugilidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion and Mauritius). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.