More info | Plus d'info | Mais info | Fishwatchers: Add your observation | Attach your web site to this page | FishBase

English | Español | Português | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Nederlands | Chinese      More languages...

Albula neoguinaica in Indonesia
Sharpjaw bonefish

Go to Species Summary

Albula neoguinaica   Valenciennes, 1847
Family:	Albulidae (Bonefishes) , subfamily: Albulinae			picture (Alneo_u0.jpg) by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
Order:	Albuliformes  (bonefishes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Sharpjaw bonefish
Max. size:	100.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2334)
Environment:	reef-associated
Climate:	tropical; 42°N - 32°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Indo-Pacific. Possibly occurs in Micronesia (Ref. 1602).
Diagnosis:	Tip of lower jaw angular, with a pointed symphysis; no black pigment on ventral surface of snout; tooth patches on parasphenoid and basibranchial bones more elongate, average width divided by length is 0.28 and 0.34, respectively; number of teeth in second pharyngobranchial tooth patch usually 15-30.
Biology:	Typically found on sandy substrates, sometimes coming into very shallow waters on sand flats (Ref 2334, 48635), to feed on sand-dwelling invertebrates (Ref. 48635). Sometimes enters estuaries and freshwater (Ref. 7050). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3289)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley. 1989. (Ref. 7300)
Update | Add

Indonesia country information
Common names:	Bonefish		Ref:  Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001
Status:	native		Ref:  Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	bait: yes
Comments:	Type locality: Irian Jaya (Ref. 48635). From Bali Strait to Timor Sea (Ref. 5978). Museum: QM.I.20700 (TGT2128).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993
Update

More information:	Countries FAO areas Occurrences Introductions Ecosystem Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Predators Ciguatera Fish loss Common names Synonyms Pictures Sounds Reproduction Maturity Spawning Eggs Egg dev. Larvae Larval dynamics References Growth L-W relationship L-L relationship Length frequencies Recruitment Max. age & size Metabolism Morphology Morphometrics Gill area Brains Vision Collaborators Genetics Allele frequencies Heritability Strains Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Diseases Ecotoxicology Processing Speed Swim. type Stamps
	Note: No data are available if label is black .
Tools:	Biogeographic modelling | E-book | Field guide | Identification keys | Length-frequency Wizard | Life-history tool | Point map |
Internet sources:	BiOSC Point Data | CISTI | Google | GOBASE | GenBank ( genome, nucleotide ) | PubMed | Recipes | Scirus | Tree of Life | Zoological Record
	Note: use the Back button of your browser to return to FishBase.
	Checked:  Capuli, Estelita Emily	Modified:  Santos, Kristine	Entered:  Luna, Susan M.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
ThisFishForum      Comments & Corrections      Sign our Guest Book
Back to Search

CGNET - US

Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07