Albula argentea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Albuliformes
Family: Albulidae
Genus: Albula
Species:
A. argentea
Binomial name
Albula argentea
(Forster, 1801)
Synonyms[2][3][4]
  • Esox argenteus Forster, 1801 non Gmelin 1789
  • Synodus argenteus Forster 1801 ex Schneider 1801
  • Albula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847
  • Albula neoguinaica Valenciennes, 1847
  • Albula seminuda Valenciennes, 1847

Albula argentea, the silver sharpjaw bonefish, is a species of marine fish found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. They grow up to 70 cm (28 in).[4]

Taxonomy and nomenclature

Bonefish were once believed to be a single species 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.[5]

Albula virgata (the longjaw bonefish) and Albula oligolepis (the smallscale bonefish) were formerly assigned to this species, but are now recognized as distinct.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Adams, A.; Guindon, K.; Horodysky, A.; MacDonald, T.; McBride, R.; Shenker, J.; Ward, R. (2012). "Albula argentea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T194298A2310290. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T194298A2310290.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  3. ↑ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Albulidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Albula argentea" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  5. ↑ Suescun, Alex. "All About Bonefish". saltwatersportsman.com. Salt Water Sportsman. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. ↑ 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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