Albula argentea
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Albula
| species = argentea
| authority = (Forster, 1801)
| synonyms =
- Esox argenteus Forster, 1801 non Gmelin 1789
- Synodus argenteus Forster 1801 ex Schneider 1801
- Albula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847
- Albula neoguinaica Valenciennes, 1847
- Albula seminuda Valenciennes, 1847
| synonyms_ref = {{cite journal |last1=Van Der Laan |first1=Richard |last2=Eschmeyer |first2=William N. |last3=Fricke |first3=Ronald |title=Family-group names of Recent fishes |journal=Zootaxa |date=11 November 2014 |volume=3882 |issue=1 |pages=1–230 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 |pmid=25543675 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite web|last1=Froese|first1=R.|last2=Pauly|first2=D.|year=2017|title=Albulidae |url=http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=48|website=FishBase version (02/2017)|accessdate=18 May 2017}}
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Albula argentea, the silver sharpjaw bonefish,
The name 'ō'io may refer to other species of bonefish in Hawaii, such as the longjaw bonefish Albula virgata, and the roundjaw/shortjaw bonefish Albula glossodonta.
Taxonomy and nomenclature
Bonefish were once believed to be a single species with a global distribution, but 11 different species have since been identified.{{cite web |last1=Suescun |first1=Alex |title=All About Bonefish |url=https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/species/fish-species/all-about-bonefish/ |website=saltwatersportsman.com |date=24 December 2014 |publisher=Salt Water Sportsman |access-date=10 December 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Species in "Albula" |url=https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Albula |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.fishbase.org}}
Albula virgata (the longjaw bonefish) and Albula oligolepis (the smallscale bonefish) were formerly assigned to this species, but are now recognized as distinct.Hidaka, K., Y. Iwatsuki and J.E. Randall, 2008. A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species. Ichthyol. Res. 55:53-64. A. virgata is only found around the Hawaiian islands, while A. argentea has a wider distribution.{{Cite journal |last=Guindon |first=Kathy |last2=Andrij Horodysky (Hampton University) |last3=McBride |first3=Richard |last4=MacDonald |first4=Tim |last5=Aaron Adams (Mote Marine Laboratory) |last6=Jonathan Shenker (Florida Institute of Technology) |last7=Rocky Ward (USGS Biological Resources Division) |date=2011-03-29 |title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Albula argentea |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194298/2310290 |journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250429191436/https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194298/2310290 |archive-date=2025-04-29}}
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Category:Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Category:Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster
Category:Fish described in 1801
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