iBonefishes
Bonefish, Albula vulpes Japanese gissu, Pterothrissus gissu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Albuliformes Family: Albulidae Bleeker, 1859
Genera
Albula Pterothrissa See text for species. Image File history File links Bonefish. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1197x345, 60 KB) Japanese gissu, Pterothrissus gissu. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Xenoturbellida Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Ectoprocta Bryozoa... {{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Pieter Bleeker (1819 - 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ...

The bonefishes are a family (Albulidae) of ray-finned fish that are popular as game fish in Florida, the Bahamas where two bonefish are on their 10 cent coin, and elsewhere. The family is small, with eight species in two genera.^[1] In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... A Game fish is a fish that is pursued for sport, regardless of whether the fisherman ultimately eats the fish. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Presently the bonefishes are in their own order: Albuliformes. The spiny eels (Notacanthidae) and halosaurs (Halosauridae) were previously classified in this order^[2], but are now, according to FishBase given their own order, Notacanthiformes.^[3] Genera Lipogenys Notacanthus Polyacanthonotus See text for species. ... Genera Aldrovandia Halosauropsis Halosaurus Halosaurs are eel-like fish found only at great ocean depths. ... FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish. ... Families Halosauridae Notacanthidae Notacanthiformes is an order of ray-finned fishes, consisting of the families of spiny eels (Notacanthidae) and halosaurs (Halosauridae). ...

Description

Albula

The bonefishes' closest relatives are the tarpons and ladyfishes in the order Elopiformes. Bonefishes are unlike tarpons in that their mouth is under the snout rather than the end of it, and bonefishes lack the tarpons' protruding snout. Like tarpons and ladyfishes, bonefishes can breathe air via a modified swim-bladder and are found in brackish waters. Bonefish larvae are leptocephalic. Species Megalops atlanticus Megalops cyprinoides The tarpons are large coastal fish notable as a prize of anglers. ... Binomial name Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766 The Ladyfish (or Ten-Pounder, Elops saurus) is a tropical species of Ray-finned fish. ... Families Elopidae(tenpounders) Megalopidae(tarpons) Elopiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the tarpons, tenpounders, and ladyfish, as well as a number of extinct types. ... The gas bladder (also fish maw, less accurately swim bladder or air bladder) is an internal organ that contributes to the ability of a fish to control its buoyancy, and thus to stay at the current water depth, ascend, or descend without having to waste energy in swimming. ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Leptocephalus larva A leptocephalus is the flat and transparent larva of the eel. ...

The body of the bonefish is silver and slender with a bluish or greenish back. On the upper half there are dark streaks with cross bands connecting to the lateral line. The body is also rounded and has a long downward aiming snout. The dorsal and caudal fins are black. Bonefish vary in adult length from 40–100 cm depending on species. The average size of a bonefish is from 3 to 5 pounds (1–2 kg) with the Florida record being 15 pounds 6 ounces (7.0 kg).

The bonefishes are brackish or saltwater fish typically living in estuaries and travelling out to sea to spawn on a lunar cycle. They feed in the shallow sand and mud flats, on animals that live on the bottom like worms, mollusks, shrimps, and crabs. They use their conical shaped snouts to root out their prey and can often be seen with their tail out of the water. Bonefishes possess crushing teeth in the palate. Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. ... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda † Rostroconchia The mollusks or molluscs are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ... Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are small, swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ... Superfamilies Dromiacea Homolodromioidea Dromioidea Homoloidea Eubrachyura Raninoidea Cyclodorippoidea Dorippoidea Calappoidea Leucosioidea Majoidea Hymenosomatoidea Parthenopoidea Retroplumoidea Cancroidea Portunoidea Bythograeoidea Xanthoidea Bellioidea Potamoidea Pseudothelphusoidea Gecarcinucoidea Cryptochiroidea Pinnotheroidea * Ocypodoidea * Grapsoidea * An asterisk (*) marks the crabs included in the clade Thoracotremata. ...

Pterothrissus

This genus is like Albula except they are found in deeper waters.

Species

FishBase lists eight species in two genera:^[1] FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish. ...

• Genus Albula
  • Albula argentea (Schneider, 1801).
  • Longjaw bonefish, Albula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847.
  • Roundjaw bonefish, Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775).
  • Threadfin bonefish, Albula nemoptera (Fowler, 1911).
  • Sharpjaw bonefish, Albula neoguinaica Valenciennes, 1847.
  • Bonefish, Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Genus Pterothrissus
  • Longfin bonefish, Pterothrissus belloci Cadenat, 1937.
  • Japanese gissu, Pterothrissus gissu Hilgendorf, 1877.

Johann Gottlob Schneider (January 18, 1750 - January 12, 1822), German classical scholar and naturalist, was born at Koilmen in Saxony. ... Achille Valenciennes (August 9, 1794 - April 13, 1865) was a French zoologist. ... Peter ForsskÃ¥l (sometimes also Pehr ForsskÃ¥l, Peter Forskaol, Petrus ForskÃ¥l or Pehr ForsskÃ¥hl) (born in Helsinki, 11 January 1732, died in Yemen, 11 July 1763), Swedish explorer, orientalist and naturalist. ... Achille Valenciennes (August 9, 1794 - April 13, 1865) was a French zoologist. ... Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Albulidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 05 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
2. ^ Mikko's Phylogeny Archive for Albuliformes.
3. ^ "Notacanthiformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 05 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

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External links

• The inshore grand slam Article about bonefish, permit and tarpon.

• Bone fishing in Eleuthera, Bahamas Interview with an experienced bone fishing guide. Maps of bone fishing flats.