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Albula

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General Ecology

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The bonefish frequents shallow, inshore waters including bays and estuaries. Bonefish sometimes feed in water so shallow that their dorsal and caudal fins break the surface. They feed on worms, mollusks, and crustaceans that are picked (or "grubbed") from mud and sand bottoms. Bonefish spawn offshore with the leptocephalus larvae migrating inshore to nursery areas.
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Distribution

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Worldwide in tropical waters.
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Brief Summary

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Bonefishes are elongate, fusiform fishes with a conical snout and a subterminal mouth. Like their relatives, the ladyfish and tarpon, bonefishes begin life as leptocephalus larvae and possess a gular plate. However, the gular plate of bonefishes is rudimentary and easily overlooked. Bonefishes are sought by many sportsmen, but are of little value as foodfish due to the numerous small bones in the flesh. Bonefishes are shallow-water, nearshore inhabitants that forage on sandy or muddy bottoms for worms, mollusks, and small fishes.
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Albula (fish)

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Albula is an ancient genus of fish belonging to the family Albulidae. Members of this genus inhabit warm coastal waters worldwide.[1]

This genus contains many of the species popularly referred to as bonefish, which are vital components of both subsistence fisheries and sport fishing industries worldwide; this, in conjunction with destruction of breeding habitat, has led to population declines in many species.[2]

Taxonomy

Bonefish were once believed to be a single species with a global distribution; however, 11 distinct species have since been identified. There are three identified species in the Atlantic and eight in the Pacific.[3] All species are morphologically indistinguishable from one another and can only be reliably distinguished with genetic evidence, but all of them diverged from one another between 4 and 20 million years ago.[4][5]

The oldest fossils belonging to this genus are from the Late Cretaceous of Alabama and Uzbekistan.[6]

Extant species

The 11 currently recognized living species in this genus are:[7]

Fossil species

References

  1. ^ "Albula vulpes, Bonefish: fisheries, gamefish, bait". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. ^ Filous, Alexander; Lennox, Robert J.; Coleman, Richard R.; Friedlander, Alan M.; Clua, Eric E. G.; Danylchuk, Andy J. (August 2019). "Life‐history characteristics of an exploited bonefish Albula glossodonta population in a remote South Pacific atoll". Journal of Fish Biology. 95 (2): 562–574. doi:10.1111/jfb.14057. ISSN 0022-1112. PMID 31119738. S2CID 162180207.
  3. ^ Suescun, Alex. "All About Bonefish". saltwatersportsman.com. Salt Water Sportsman. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. ^ Adams, A.; Guindon, K.; Horodysky, A.; MacDonald, T.; McBride, R.; Shenker, J.; Ward, R. (2012). "Albula koreana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199659A2608983. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199659A2608983.en. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  5. ^ Colborn, Jeff; Crabtree, Roy E.; Shaklee, James B.; Pfeiler, Edward; Bowen, Brian W. (2001). "The Evolutionary Enigma of Bonefishes (Albula SPP.): Cryptic Species and Ancient Separations in a Globally Distributed Shorefish". Evolution. 55 (4): 807–820. doi:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[0807:TEEOBA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0014-3820. PMID 11392398.
  6. ^ "Fossilworks: Albula". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Albula in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Kwun, H.J. & Kim, J.K. (2011): A new species of bonefish, Albula koreana (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from Korea and Taiwan. Zootaxa, 2903: 57–63.
  10. ^ 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. S2CID 1129833.
  11. ^ Pfeiler, E., 2008. Resurrection of the name Albula pacifica (Beebe, 1942) for the shafted bonefish (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from the eastern Pacific. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56(2):839-844.
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Albula (fish): Brief Summary

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Albula is an ancient genus of fish belonging to the family Albulidae. Members of this genus inhabit warm coastal waters worldwide.

This genus contains many of the species popularly referred to as bonefish, which are vital components of both subsistence fisheries and sport fishing industries worldwide; this, in conjunction with destruction of breeding habitat, has led to population declines in many species.

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