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Albula Scopoli, 1777 
AphiaID: 157878

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Albuliformes (Order) > Albulidae (Family) > Albulinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parent Albulinae
Synonymised
taxa		  Atopichthys
 Butirinus
 Butyrinus
 Dixonina Fowler, 1911 (synonym)
 Esunculus
 Glossodus
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Albula argentea (Forster, 1801)
Species Albula esuncula (Garman, 1899)
Species Albula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847
Species Albula gilberti Pfeiler & van der Heiden, 2011
Species Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Albula koreana Kwun & Kim, 2011
Species Albula nemoptera (Fowler, 1911)
Species Albula neoguinaica Valenciennes, 1847
Species Albula oligolepis Hidaka, Iwatsuki & Randall, 2008
Species Albula virgata Jordan & Jordan, 1922
Species Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species Albula argenteus (Forster, 1801) accepted as Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Albula chinensis Osbeck, 1765 accepted as Salanx chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
Species Albula conorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Albula erythrocheilos Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Albula goreensis Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Albula lacustris Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Albula parrae Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Albula plumieri Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Albula rostrata Gray, 1854 accepted as Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Albula seminuda Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Albula argentea (Forster, 1801)
Link To ITIS
Images 
Albula vulpes
[image from typetaxon]
Albula vulpes
added on 2008-08-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Albula vulpes
[image from typetaxon]
Albula vulpes
added on 2010-02-17 - author: Collection VLIZ ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Albula vulpes
[image from typetaxon]
Albula vulpes
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157878
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-24 14:41:52Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2013-03-07 14:11:33Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Albula Scopoli, 1777. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157878 on 2013-05-21
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