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Teleostei (teleosts) > Albuliformes (Bonefishes) > Albulidae (Bonefishes) > Albulinae
Etymology: Albula: Latin, albus = white (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Forster.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 90 m (Ref. 58302). Tropical; 41°N - 34°S, 92°E - 123°W

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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.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54980)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 65 - 69. Compared with A. glossodonta, argentea have a larger mouth, upper jaw 2.6-2.9 in HL, more pointed lower jaw, and no blackish spot on the underside of the tip of the snout (Ref. 26145).

Seldom found on coral reefs, occasionally in sheltered, shallow lagoons (Ref. 90102).

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Spawning occurs in open waters. Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 205).

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Hidaka, K., Y. Iwatsuki and J.E. Randall, 2008. A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species. Ichthyol. Res. 55:53-64. (Ref. 74924)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 29 March 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Albula argentea (Forster, 1801)