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B0383100 (bōn′fĭsh′)n. pl. bonefish or bone·fish·es Any of several silvery marine fishes of the family Albulidae, especially Albula vulpes, a game fish of warm shallow waters worldwide.

[From its many small bones.]

bonefish

(ˈbəʊnˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes1. (Animals) a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae2. (Animals) a similar related fish, Dixonina nemoptera, of the Pacific Ocean

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(ˈboʊnˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. -fish•es, (esp. collectively) -fish. a silver game and food fish, Albula vulpes, of warm coastal seas. Also called ladyfish. [1725–35, Amer.]

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bonefish - slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoonsAlbula vulpesmalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder MalacopterygiiAlbula, genus Albula - type and sole genus of the family Albulidae

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common name for a fish belonging to several species in the two genera of the family Albulidae. Albula vulpes, the bonefish, is widespread in warm, shallow marine waters; it is the only bonefish found worldwide. Most other species are found in similar waters of the African Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans; A. nemoptera, the threadfin bonefish, is found only in the West Indies. The bonefish is silvery in color, with a long, deeply forked tail and a single dorsal fin; it has a pointed head covered by a thick, transparent cartilage and a receding mouth filled with numerous small rounded teeth. A. nemoptera is distinguished by two long trailing filaments, one extending from its dorsal fin and one from its anal fin. Also known as ladyfish and banana fish, the bonefish may reach 3.5 ft (107 cm) in length, and 18 lb (8 kg) in weight. It is a bottom dweller of shallow, sandy areas where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, and worms. It is much prized as a game fish, despite the numerous tiny bones that limit its appeal as food. It is classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Actinopterygii, order Albuliformes, family Albulidae.

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noun slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons

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