''Albula pacifica'' also known as the Pacific shafted bonefish is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of fish native to the eastern Pacific.

History

Bonefish were once believed to be a single species with a global distribution, however 9 different species have since been identified. There are three identified species in the Atlantic and six in the Pacific.

References

* Albuliformes Taxa named by William Beebe Fish of the Pacific Ocean Fish described in 1942 {{albuliformes-stub