Genus Albula Scopoli, 1777
Compiler and date details
18 April 2011 - Dianne J. Bray
20 December 2006 - John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates, Dianne J. Bray & Douglass F. Hoese
Type species:
Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
Introduction
It appears that most record of Albula from Australia have been based on Albula oligolepis. However, material in museums has not been re-identified. Albula argentea (previously recorded as A. forsteri) has been confirmed from some localities in Australia. Consequently information presented here is tentative and actual distributions cannot be confirmed at this time. Hida et al (2008) examined little material from Australia, but speculated that most would probably be A. oligolepis based on material used by Colborn et al. (2001). Consequently we include limited records of A. argentea here.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
ALBULIDAE: Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) [restricted to Western Atlantic] — Hidaka, K., Iwatsuki, Y. & Randall, J.E. 2008. A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species. Ichthyological Research 55: 53-64 [54]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal; recorded from Cococ (Keeling) Islands, but identity of species unknown
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S .J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 203–219 [208] (as Albula sp.)
General References
Colborn, J., Crabtree, R.E., Shaklee, J.B., Pfeiler, E. & Bowen, B.W. 2001. The evolutionary enigma of bonefishes (Albula spp.): cryptic species and ancient separations in a globally distributed shorefish. Evolution 55(4): 807-820 [Date published 14 May 2001]
Hidaka, K., Iwatsuki, Y. & Randall, J.E. 2008. A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species. Ichthyological Research 55: 53-64
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663
Smith, D.G. & Randall, J.E. 1999. Family Albulidae. pp. 1623-1624 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
Whitehead, P.J.P. 1986. The synonymy of Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Teleostei, Albulidae). Cybium 10(3): 211-230
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2019 | ELOPOMORPHA | 02-Oct-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2016 | 28-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |