Albula (genus)
| Albula | |
|---|---|
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| Bonefish, A. vulpes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Albuliformes |
| Family: | Albulidae |
| Genus: | Albula Scopoli, 1777 |
Albula is a genus of fish belonging to the bonefish family Albulidae.
Species
The nine currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Albula argentea J. R. Forster, 1801
- Albula esuncula Garman, 1899
- Albula gilberti Pfeiler, van der Heiden, Ruboyianes & Watts, 2011 [2]
- Albula glossodonta Forsskål, 1775 (Shortjaw bonefish)
- Albula koreana H. J. Kwun & J. K. Kim, 2011 [3]
- Albula nemoptera Fowler, 1911 (Threadfin bonefish)
- Albula oligolepis Hidaka, Iwatsuki & J. E. Randall, 2008 (Smallscale bonefish) [4]
- Albula virgata D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922 (Longjaw bonefish)
- Albula vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 (Bonefish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, 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.