Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Albuliformes
Familia: Albulidae
Genus: Albula
Species (10): A. argentea – A. esuncula – A. forsteri – A. gilberti – A. glossodonta – A. koreana – A. nemoptera – A. oligolepis – A. virgata - A. vulpes
Name
Albula Scopoli, 1777
Type species: Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758.
Synonyms
Albula Bloch & Schneider (ex Gronow), 1801
References
Scopoli, J.A. 1777: Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague: i-x + 1-506.
2011: Zootaxa, 2903: 57–63. Preview
2011: Zootaxa, 3088: 1–14. Preview
Links
Albula and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Albula species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Vernacular names
English: Bonefish
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)
†Albula bartonensis Schedl 1933
†Albula bashiana (Frizzell 1965) [Metalbula bashiana Frizzell 1965]
†Albula campaniana Nolf & Stringer 1996
†Albula dunklei Applegate 1970
†Albula eppsi White & Frost 1931
Albula esuncula (Garman 1899) (Eastern Pacific bonefish)
Albula gilberti Pfeiler, van der Heiden, Ruboyianes & Watts, 2011 [4] (Cortez bonefish)
Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775) (Roundjaw/shortjaw bonefish)
Albula goreensis Valenciennes, 1847 (West African bonefish)
Albula koreana Kwun & Kim, 2011 [5] (Korean bonefish)
Albula nemoptera (Fowler, 1911) (Threadfin bonefish)
Albula oligolepis Hidaka, Iwatsuki & Randall, 2008 (Smallscale bonefish) [6] (Smallscale bonefish)
†Albula oweni (Agassiz 1844) [Pisodus owenii Agassiz 1844; Pisodus owenii Agassiz 1844]
Albula pacifica (Beebe, 1942) (Pacific shafted bonefish)[7] (Pacific shafted bonefish)
Albula virgata Jordan & Jordan, 1922 (Longjaw bonefish)
Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) (bonefish)
References
Suescun, Alex. "All About Bonefish". saltwatersportsman.com. Salt Water Sportsman. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
"Fossilworks: Albula". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Albula in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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.
Kwun, H.J. & Kim, J.K. (2011): A new species of bonefish, Albula koreana (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from Korea and Taiwan. Zootaxa, 2903: 57–63.
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.
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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