Albula virgata

Albula virgata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Albuliformes
Family:	Albulidae
Genus:	Albula
Species:	A. virgata
Binomial name
	Albula virgata; D.S. Jordan & E.K. Jordan, 1922

Albula virgata^[1] is a species of marine fish found in the Hawaiian Islands. It is known commonly as the longjaw bonefish. They grow up to 32 cm (13 in).

Taxonomy[]

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.^[2]

Albula virgata was first described by the American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan and his son Edward Knight Jordan in 1922. For decades, it was considered a synonym of either Albula vulpes or Albula neoguinaica.^[3]^[4] It was eventually recognized as a species distinct from Albula argentea.^[5]

Description[]

Albula virgata is similar to A. argentea and A. oligolepis in length of the upper jaw, but differs in having fewer vertebrae and lateral-line scales, as well as having the tip of pelvic fin reaching beyond anterior edge of anus.^[5]

Distribution[]

Albula virgata is known only from the Hawaiian Islands.

References[]

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Albula virgata" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
^ Suescun, Alex. "All About Bonefish". saltwatersportsman.com. Salt Water Sportsman. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ Whitehead PJP (1986) The synonymy of Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Teleostei, Albulidae). Cybium 10:211–230
^ Randall JE, Bauchot ML (1999) Clarification of the two Indo-Pacific species of bonefishes, Albula glossodonta and A. forsteri. Cybium 23:79–83
^ ^a ^b Hidaka, K., Y. Iwatsuki and J.E. Randall, 2008. A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species. Ichthyol. Res. 55:53-64.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Albula virgata" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

[Suescun_2014-2] Suescun, Alex. "All About Bonefish". saltwatersportsman.com. Salt Water Sportsman. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

[3] Whitehead PJP (1986) The synonymy of Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Teleostei, Albulidae). Cybium 10:211–230

[4] Randall JE, Bauchot ML (1999) Clarification of the two Indo-Pacific species of bonefishes, Albula glossodonta and A. forsteri. Cybium 23:79–83

[albula08-5] Hidaka, K., Y. Iwatsuki and J.E. Randall, 2008. A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species. Ichthyol. Res. 55:53-64.

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