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| | Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The scientific name Albula vulpes is derived from Latin, and can be translated as "white fox". |
 | | Other synonyms of Albula vulpes include, Esox argenteus, Albula conorynchus, Albula plumier, Amis immaculata, Clupea brasilienses, Clupea macrocephala, Butyrinus bananus, Engraulis sericus, Engraulis bahiensis, Glossodus forskalii, Albula goreensis, Albula parrae, Albula seminuda, Albula rostrata, Esunculus costai, Atopichthys esunculus, and Albula virgata. |
 | | At least one other species of bonefish exists, the shafted bonefish, described and named by Fowler as Dixonina nemoptera in 1911. |
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