Longjaw bonefish

Albula argentea

A silver sharpjaw bonefish of the tropical west Pacific

Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

Albula argentea, the silver sharpjaw bonefish, 'ō'io, or simply sharpjaw bonefish, is a species of bonefish found in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean. 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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Bonefishes
Family: Albulidae
Genus: Albula
Maximum length: 70 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Indo-Malayan to South Pacific (east to the Society Is, and the Marquesas). Part of a species complex wherein its former Indo-Pacific distribution has been divided with A. oligolepis found in the Indian Ocean and A. virgata known only from Hawaii.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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