shafted bonefish

Albula nemoptera

A bonefish of the western Caribbean Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

Albula nemoptera, also known as the Caribbean bonefish, threadfin bonefish, or shafted bonefish, is a species of marine fish found in the western Caribbean Sea, from Honduras west to Panama.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Bonefishes
Family: Albulidae
Genus: Albula
Maximum length: 51 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Greater Antilles and Panama to Brazil; questionably recorded from Florida Keys in USA. Replaced by Albula pacifica in the eastern Pacific (Ref. 84142 ).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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