Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8. Last rays of dorsal and anal fin prolonged; upper lobe of caudal fin slightly longer than lower lobe; dusky spot at pectoral base; head region naked; nasal pore margin black; black bands on snout (Ref. 13608). Brilliant silver below and dark above (Ref. 37032).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Albuliformes

Family: Albulidae

Genus: Albula

Species: Albula nemoptera (Fowler, 1911)

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Atlantic: Greater Antilles and Panama to Brazil; questionably recorded from Florida Keys in USA. Replaced by Albula pacifica in the eastern Pacific (Ref. 84142).

Biology

Mostly in estuaries, especially those of rivers along mountainous shores (Ref. 7251). Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 5217).

Habitat

brackish

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless