Canadian Register of Marine Species - Albulidae Bleeker, 1849

WoRMS taxon details

Albulidae Bleeker, 1849

To NHMUK collection (Albulidae Bleeker, 1859; Cited; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5012351)

AphiaID

151805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151805)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Albuliformes

Direct children (11)

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Subfamily Albulinae Bleeker, 1849
1. Genus Albula Scopoli, 1777
2. Genus Butyrinus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777
3. Genus Dixonina Fowler, 1911 accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777 (synonym)
4. Genus Esunculus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777
5. Genus Glossodus Agassiz, 1829 accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777
Subfamily Pterothrissinae Gill, 1893
1. Genus Nemoossis Hidaka, Tsukamoto & Iwatsuki, 2016
2. Genus Pterothrissus Hilgendorf, 1877
3. Genus Bathythrissa Günther, 1877 accepted as Pterothrissus Hilgendorf, 1877
Genus Conorynchus Nozemann, 1758 accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777 (Nomen oblitum)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

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

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

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Albulidae Bleeker, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151805 on 2025-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-07 10:08:04Z

created

Claus, Simon

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]