Albula

Albula vulpes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Albuliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 (11): A. argentea – A. esuncula – A. gilberti – A. glossodonta – A. goreensis – A. koreana – A. nemoptera – A. oligolepis – A. pacifica – 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.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Albula species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• ION [needs update]
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names

English: Bonefish

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