WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species

Albulidae
AphiaID: 151805

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Albuliformes (Order)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Added by Database Management Team

Rank

Family

Parent

Albuliformes

Source

basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
English	bonefishes	[details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]

Subfamily Albulinae

» Genus Albula Scopoli, 1777
» Genus Butyrinus accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777
» Genus Dixonina Fowler, 1911 accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777
» Genus Esunculus accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777
» Genus Glossodus accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777

Subfamily Pterothrissinae

» Genus Pterothrissus

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Links

To GenBank
To ITIS

Note

Distribution: Tropical seas. About 105 cm maximum length, reported for Albula vulpes. Look up in Fishbase. [details]

Image

Albulidae sp.
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151805

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2005-04-07 10:08:04Z	created	Claus, Simon

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Citation: WoRMS (2013). Albulidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151805 on 2013-05-21

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