Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Found in shallow, coastal areas (Ref. 58302).
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Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.) 2000 A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648)
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Distribution
Western Pacific: Western and eastern Australia to Fiji, the Hawaiian Islands, and French Polynesia, perhaps Micronesia. Confused in the literature and in collections with other species of the Genus (Ref. 58302).
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Mundy, B.C. 2005 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. (Ref. 58302)
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
70.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 54980))
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Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980)
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 3 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 3 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7 - 70
Temperature range (°C): 25.594 - 26.170
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.087 - 3.117
Salinity (PPS): 34.603 - 35.152
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.877 - 4.764
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.166 - 0.657
Silicate (umol/l): 1.259 - 12.679
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 7 - 70
Temperature range (°C): 25.594 - 26.170
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.087 - 3.117
Salinity (PPS): 34.603 - 35.152
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.877 - 4.764
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.166 - 0.657
Silicate (umol/l): 1.259 - 12.679
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 3 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7 - 70
Temperature range (°C): 25.594 - 26.170
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.087 - 3.117
Salinity (PPS): 34.603 - 35.152
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.877 - 4.764
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.166 - 0.657
Silicate (umol/l): 1.259 - 12.679
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 7 - 70
Temperature range (°C): 25.594 - 26.170
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.087 - 3.117
Salinity (PPS): 34.603 - 35.152
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.877 - 4.764
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.166 - 0.657
Silicate (umol/l): 1.259 - 12.679
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Environment
benthopelagic; brackish; marine; depth range 2 - 90 m (Ref. 58302)
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Mundy, B.C. 2005 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. (Ref. 58302)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58302&speccode=46
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Wikipedia
Longjaw Bonefish
The Longjaw Bonefish (Albula virgata[1] is a species of marine fish that lives in the Pacific Ocean. They grow up to 70 centimeters (28 in).
Notes
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Albula virgata" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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