Albula esuncula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Albuliformes
Family: Albulidae
Genus: Albula
Species:
A. esuncula
Binomial name
Albula esuncula
(Garman, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Atopichthys esunculus Garman, 1899
  • Albula esunculus (Garman, 1899)

Albula esuncula, the eastern Pacific bonefish, is a species of marine fish found in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, from the coast of Mazatlán, Mexico south to southern Peru, and west to the Galápagos Islands.

Taxonomy

Bonefish were once believed to be a single species (A. vulpes) with a global distribution, but nine different species have since been identified. There are three identified species in the Atlantic and six in the Pacific.[2] It was previously identified as A. neoguinaica (a synonym for A. argentea), which is now known to be restricted to the western Pacific. Previously, it was thought to range as far north as southern California, but phylogenetic evidence found that this taxon was in fact a new species, Albula gilberti.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Nielsen, J.G.; Monroe, T.; Iwamoto, T.; Harrison, I.; Eschmeyer, W.; Smith-Vaniz, B.; Robertson, R.; Collette, B.; Tyler, J.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Bussing, W.; Lopez, M.; Molina, H.; Salas, E.; Sierra, L.; Viquez, R. (2010). "Albula esuncula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178043A7489678. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T178043A7489678.en. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Suescun, Alex. "All About Bonefish". saltwatersportsman.com. Salt Water Sportsman. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Pfeiler, Edward; Van Der Heiden, Albert M.; Ruboyianes, Ryan S.; Watts, Tom (2011-11-02). "Albula gilberti, a new species of bonefish (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from the eastern Pacific, and a description of adults of the parapatric A. esuncula". Zootaxa. 3088 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3088.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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