Bonefish

Bonefish
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Albuliformes
Family:	Albulidae
Genus:	Albula
Species:	A. vulpes
Binomial name
	Albula vulpes; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Species Esox vulpes Linnaeus 1758 ; Vulpis vulpes (Linnaeus 1758) ; ?Albula lacustris Walbaum 1792 ; Albula conoryncha Bloch & Schneider 1801 ; Clupea brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider 1801 non Steindachner 1879 ; Albula plumieri Bloch & Schneider 1801 ; Amia immaculata Bloch & Schneider 1801 ; Clupea macrocephala Lacépède 1803 ; Conorynchus macrocephalus (Lacépède 1803) ; ?Butyrinus bananus Lacepède 1803 ; Glossodus forskalii Spix & Agassiz 1829 ; Engraulis bahiensis Spix 1829 ; Engraulis serica Spix 1829 ; Albula parrae Valenciennes 1847 ; Albula goreensis Valenciennes 1847 ; Esunculus costai Kaup 1856 ; Vulpis bahamensis Catesby 1771 ; Albulas gronovii Walbaum 1792 ; Albula rostrata Gronow 1854 ; ?Albula unbarana Marcgrave ex de Castelnau 1855 ;

The bonefish (Albula vulpes) is the type species of the bonefish family (Albulidae), the only family in order Albuliformes.

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