Albula koreana
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Albula koreana
| authority = Kwun & Kim, 2011
}}
Albula koreana, the Korean bonefish, is a species of marine fish found in the western Pacific Ocean, off the coast of eastern Asia.{{Cite web |title=Albula koreana, Korean bonefish |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/66113 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.fishbase.se}}
Taxonomy
Bonefish were once believed to be a single species with a global distribution; however, nine different species have since been identified. There are three identified species in the Atlantic and six in the Pacific.{{cite web |last1=Suescun |first1=Alex |title=All About Bonefish |url=https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/species/fish-species/all-about-bonefish/ |access-date=10 December 2020 |website=saltwatersportsman.com |publisher=Salt Water Sportsman}} A. koreana was described as a new species in 2011 based on genetic evidence from populations previously assigned to A. vulpes.{{Cite journal |last=Kwun |first=Hyuck Joon |last2=Kim |first2=Jin Koo |date=2011-06-02 |title=A new species of bonefish, Albula koreana (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from Korea and Taiwan |url=https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2903.1.6 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=2903 |issue=1 |pages=57 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2903.1.6 |issn=1175-5334}}
Distribution
This species has been identified off the southern coast of South Korea and the northern coast of Taiwan.