Clarification of the two Indo-Pacific species of bonefishes, Albula glossodonta and A. forsteri

Randall J.E., Bauchot M.L.

Published date: February 1999
Volume: 23
Number: 1
Pagination: 079-083
Publisher: Société Française d'Ichtyologie
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/1999-231-005
Abstract

Shaklee and Tamaru (1981) identified two species of bonefishes (Albula) in the Hawaiian Islands that range elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region as A. glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775) and A. neoguinaica Valenciennes, 1847. Albula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847, from Tahiti, the replacement name for Esox argenteus Forster & Schneider, 1801, is here regarded as the senior synonym of A. neoguinaica. Albula erythrocheilos Valenciennes, 1847 and A. seminuda Valenciennes, 1847 are junior synonyms of A. forsteri and A. glossodonta, respectively. The bonefish described as Butyrinus bananus by Lacepède is considered unidentifiable.

Keywords: Albula - Albulidae - Indo-Pacific - ISE - Synonymy - Taxonomy
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