Species: Albula nemoptera, Shafted bonefish, Threadfin bonefish

Albula nemoptera (Fowler, 1911)

Shafted or Threadfin bonefish

Body elongate, fusiform; overhanging snout strongly conical, projects well beyond mouth; mouth relatively long, reaches to below front edge of eye; very small teeth in bands at front of jaws, patches of small molariform teeth on the roof and floor of the mouth; branchiostegal rays under throat 13-15;  fins without spines; dorsal rays 21 (rarely 20); a prolonged, filamentous last ray on the dorsal and anal fins (most pronounced on the dorsal fin); anal rays 8; pectoral rays 16-18; pectoral fins low on the body; pelvic fins on the abdomen, under the dorsal fin, well behind pectorals, 9; tail fin deeply forked; lateral line scales 80-82 (76-84); scales above lateral line 9-10, below lateral line 7-8, around tail base 16-17, before dorsal fin 17-22; lateral line straight, full length of body.