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Class: Teleostei
Order: Albuliformes
Family: Albulidae Bonefishes
Subfamily: Albulinae
Genus: Albula

(See list of species below)


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11 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Albula argentea Longjaw bonefish Western Pacific 70 SL 1801
Albula esuncula Eastern Pacific bonefish Eastern Pacific 32 SL 1899
Albula gilberti Cortez bonefish North America 25.7 SL 2011
Albula glossodonta Roundjaw bonefish Indo-Pacific 90 SL 1775
Albula goreensis Eastern Atlantic from Sen 1847
Albula koreana Korean bonefish Northwest Pacific Ocean 35.0 SL 2011
Albula nemoptera Threadfin bonefish Western Atlantic 51 TL 1911
Albula oligolepis Smallscale bonefish Indian Ocean 35.4 SL 2008
Albula pacifica Pacific shafted bonefish Eastern Pacific. 1942
Albula virgata Eastern Central Pacific 32.2 SL 1922
Albula vulpes Bonefish Worldwide in warm seas. 104 TL 1758



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