WoRMS taxon details
Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
212256 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212256)
accepted
Species
Albula conorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Albula lacustris Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Albula parrae Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Albula plumieri Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Albula rostrata Gray, 1854 · unaccepted
Amia immaculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Butyrinus bananus Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupea brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Clupea macrocephala Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
Engraulis bahiensis Spix, 1829 · unaccepted
Engraulis sericus Spix, 1829 · unaccepted
Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Esunculus costai Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Glossodus forskalii Spix & Agassiz, 1829 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Distribution: cosmopolitan in tropical seas (Losse, 1968).
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Distribution off Emerald Bank to Brazil
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Description Distribution: cosmopolitan in tropical seas (Losse, 1968).
Look up in FishBase [details]
Look up in FishBase [details]
Distribution off Emerald Bank to Brazil
Distribution off Emerald Bank to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212256 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea macrocephala Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 426, 460, Pl. 14 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Clupea brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 427 [details]
original description (of Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Amia immaculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 451 [details]
original description (of Albula conorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 432 [details]
original description (of Albula parrae Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
original description (of Albula plumieri Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 236, Pl. 51 [details]
original description (of Butyrinus bananus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 45, 46 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 426, 460, Pl. 14 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Clupea brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 427 [details]
original description (of Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Amia immaculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 451 [details]
original description (of Albula conorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 432 [details]
original description (of Albula parrae Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
original description (of Albula plumieri Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 236, Pl. 51 [details]
original description (of Butyrinus bananus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 45, 46 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Distribution: cosmopolitan in tropical seas (Losse, 1968).Look up in FishBase [details]
Distribution off Emerald Bank to Brazil [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Inhabits shallow coastal waters, estuaries and bays, over sand and mud bottoms. [details]
Importance Social - Minor Commercial, gamefish [details]
To Barcode of Life (215 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Albula lacustris Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Engraulis bahiensis Spix, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Amia immaculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (250 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Clupea brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Albula parrae Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Glossodus forskalii Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Clupea macrocephala Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Albula conorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Albula plumieri Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Esunculus costai Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Engraulis sericus Spix, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Albula rostrata Gray, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Butyrinus bananus Lacepède, 1803)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Albula vulpes)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis bahiensis Spix, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis sericus Spix, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea macrocephala Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Esunculus costai Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Butyrinus bananus Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Albula plumieri Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Albula parrae Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Albula lacustris Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Albula conorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Glossodus forskalii Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Amia immaculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase images (Albula vulpes, Neth Antilles, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 159 proteins)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 159 proteins) (from synonym Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Albula vulpes USNM 405164 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Albula vulpes USNM 405165 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Albula lacustris Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Engraulis bahiensis Spix, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Amia immaculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (250 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Clupea brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Albula parrae Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Glossodus forskalii Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Clupea macrocephala Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Albula conorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Albula plumieri Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Esunculus costai Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Engraulis sericus Spix, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Albula rostrata Gray, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Butyrinus bananus Lacepède, 1803)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Albula vulpes)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis bahiensis Spix, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis sericus Spix, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea macrocephala Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Esunculus costai Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Butyrinus bananus Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Albula plumieri Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Albula parrae Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Albula lacustris Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Albula conorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Glossodus forskalii Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Amia immaculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase images (Albula vulpes, Neth Antilles, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 159 proteins)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 159 proteins) (from synonym Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Albula vulpes USNM 405164 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Albula vulpes USNM 405165 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
