Albula (fish)

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Albula
Temporal range: 94.3–0 Ma Late Cretaceous to present
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Bonefish, A. vulpes
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Albuliformes
Family: Albulidae
Subfamily: Albulinae
Genus: Albula
Gronow 1763 ex Scopoli 1777 non Osbeck 1765 non Bloch & Schneider 1801 non Catesby 1771
Synonyms
  • Garman 1899
  • Commerson ex Lacépède 1803
  • Fowler 1911
  • Albula (Dixonina) (Fowler 1911)
  • Kaup 1856
  • Cuvier 1815
  • Agassiz 1828 ex Spix & Agassiz 1829 non Costa 1853 non McCoy 1848
  • Frizzell 1965
  • Owen 1841
  • Catesby 1771
  • Conorynchus Nozemann 1758 ex Gill 1861 non Bleeker 1863 non Motschousky 1860

Albula is a genus of fish belonging to the bonefish family Albulidae.

Bonefish were once believed to be a single species with a global distribution however 9 different species have since been identified. There are three identified species in the Atlantic and six in the Pacific.[1]

The oldest fossils belonging to this genus are from the Late Cretaceous of Alabama and Uzbekistan.[2]

Species[]

The 11 currently recognized living species in this genus are:[3]

  • Albula argentea (Forster 1801) (silver sharpjaw bonefish)
  • † Schedl 1933
  • † (Frizzell 1965) [Metalbula bashiana Frizzell 1965]
  • † Nolf & Stringer 1996
  • † Applegate 1970
  • † White & Frost 1931
  • (Garman 1899) (Eastern Pacific bonefish)
  • , , & , 2011 [4] (Cortez bonefish)
  • Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775) (Roundjaw/shortjaw bonefish)
  • Valenciennes, 1847 (West African bonefish)
  • & , 2011 [5] (Korean bonefish)
  • (Fowler, 1911) (Threadfin bonefish)
  • Albula oligolepis , & Randall, 2008 (Smallscale bonefish) [6] (Smallscale bonefish)
  • † (Agassiz 1844) [Pisodus owenii Agassiz 1844; Pisodus owenii Agassiz 1844]
  • Albula pacifica (Beebe, 1942) (Pacific shafted bonefish)[7] (Pacific shafted bonefish)
  • Albula virgata Jordan & , 1922 (Longjaw bonefish)
  • Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) (bonefish)

References[]

  1. ^ Suescun, Alex. "All About Bonefish". saltwatersportsman.com. Salt Water Sportsman. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Albula". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Albula in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. ^ Pfeiler, E., Van Der Heiden, A.M., Ruboyianes, R.S., & Watts, T. (2011). Albula gilberti, a new species of bone fish (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from the eastern Pacific, and a description of adults of the parapatric A. esuncula. Zootaxa 3088: 1-14.
  5. ^ Kwun, H.J. & Kim, J.K. (2011): A new species of bonefish, Albula koreana (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from Korea and Taiwan. Zootaxa, 2903: 57–63.
  6. ^ Hidaka, Iwatsuki & Randall (2008). "A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species". Ichthyological Research. 55 (1): 53–64. doi:10.1007/s10228-007-0010-5. S2CID 1129833.
  7. ^ Pfeiler, E., 2008. Resurrection of the name Albula pacifica (Beebe, 1942) for the shafted bonefish (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from the eastern Pacific. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56(2):839-844.


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