Revista de Biología Tropical
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Resumen
PFEILER, Edward. Resurrection of the name Albula pacifica (Beebe, 1942) for the shafted bonefish (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from the eastern Pacific. Rev. biol. trop [online]. 2008, vol.56, n.2, pp.839-844. ISSN 0034-7744.
The name Albula nemoptera (Fowler, 1911) is currently applied to the Shafted, or Threadfin, Bonefish (Albuliformes: Albulidae) inhabiting the tropical coastal waters of both the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. In the present paper I provide a brief review of the taxonomy and nomenclature of A. nemoptera, and argue that the available morphological, biogeographical and molecular evidence supports resurrecting the name A. pacifica (Beebe, 1942) for the population of A. nemoptera from the eastern Pacific. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56 (2): 839-844. Epub 2008 June 30.
Palabras clave : cryptic species; Elopomorpha; mitochondrial DNA; molecular systematics; speciation.