Eastern Pacific bonefish

Albula esuncula

A bonefish from Mexico to Ecuador

Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
North America
South America
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Albula esuncula, the eastern Pacific bonefish, is a species of marine fish found in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, from the coast of Mazatlán, Mexico south to southern Peru, and west to the Galápagos Islands.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Bonefishes
Family: Albulidae
Genus: Albula
Maximum length: 32 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern Gulf of California, Mexico to at least San Pablo, Ecuador.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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