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 : Albula virgata
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
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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