Species that contain: Albula and forsteri [ 5 ] records

albula, Mugil Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:120, xxxii [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] New Zealand. No types known. Description given on p. 120, Latinized name in index on p. xxxii. Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Mugil albula Linnaeus 1766. •Synonym of Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Thomson 1997:472 [ref. 23428]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes 1836). Mugilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

argenteus, Esox Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:395 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tahiti, Society Islands [or New Zeland]. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4515 [not 5415]. Appeared as Esox argenteus without distinguishing features in Forster 1777:282. Repeated as Synodus argenteus in Bloch & Schneider 1801:398 [ref. 471], based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). Preoccupied by Esox argenteus Gmelin 1789; replaced by Albula forsteri Valenciennes 1847. The replacement name forsteri was becoming established as the valid name until authors recently began to use argentea on the basis of Art. 23.9.5 in the Code in effect on 1 Jan. 2000 that allowed use of secondary primary homonyms. We suggest using argentea, but note that the species of Albula are very uncertain (see Pfeiler et al. 2011[ref. 31589]). Kottelat dates to Bloch [Bloch & Schneider] 1801. •Synonym of Albula vulpes (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead 1986:216 [ref. 5733]). •Synonym of Albula glossodonta (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Wheeler 1991:761 [ref. 15994]). •Synonym of Albula forsteri Valenciennes 1847 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:227 [ref. 28995]). •Valid as Albula argentea (Forster 1801) [or Bloch & Schneider]-- (Randall 2007:51 [ref. 30952], Hidaka et al. 2008:56 [ref. 29526], Fricke et al. 2011:348 [ref. 31242], Pfeiler et al. 2011:3 [ref. 31589], Larson et al. 2013:24 [ref. 32988] as argenteus, Kottelat 2013:36 [ref. 32989], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:144 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2019:49 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:51 [ref. 39118], Matsunuma et al. 2022:262 [ref. 39583], Allen & Erdmann 2024:78 [ref. 40796]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Valid as Albula argentea (Forster 1801). Albulidae: Albulinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Society Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Korea and central Japan, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia), and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

erythrocheilos, Albula Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:352, Pl. 574 [not 540] [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Tonga Islands [Tongatapu]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3593. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:261 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Albula vulpes (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead 1986:224 [ref. 5733], Whitehead 1990:123 [ref. 19325]). •Synonym of Albula forsteri Valenciennes 1847 -- (Randall & Bauchot 1999:82 [ref. 23836], Randall 2005:25 [ref. 28239]). •Mention -- (Hidaka et al. 2008:62 [ref. 29526]). •Synonym of Albula glossodonta (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:36 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Albula glossodonta (Forsskål 1775). Albulidae: Albulinae. Habitat: marine.

forsteri, Albula Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:354 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Tahiti, Society Islands. Holotype: MNHN 0000-4525. Type catalog: Bauchot 1969:129 [ref. 20807] as holotype. Type information: Whitehead 1986:224 [ref. 5733] as holotype. Currently treated as a synonym of argentea; see account of Albula argentea (Forster 1801). •Synonym of Albula vulpes (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead 1990:123 [ref. 19325]). •Synonym of Albula glossodonta (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Wheeler 1991:761 [ref. 15994]). •Valid as Albula forsteri Valenciennes 1847 -- (Randall & Bauchot 1999:81 [ref. 23836], Smith & Randall 1999:1624 [ref. 24662], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:584 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:5 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:25 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:108 [ref. 28379], Pfeiler et al. 2006:781 [ref. 28922], Paxton et al. 2006:227 [ref. 28995], Motomura et al. 2010:69 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:70 [ref. 31980]). •See Colborn et al. 2001:807 [ref. 25230]. •Synonym of Albula argentea (Forster 1801) -- (Hidaka et al. 2008:58 [ref. 29526], Pfeiler et al. 2011:3 [ref. 31589], Kottelat 2013:35 [ref. 32989]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Albula argentea (Forster 1801). Albulidae: Albulinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Western Australia east to Fiji and French Polynesia; Hawaiian Islands [if valid]. Habitat: brackish, marine.

neoguinaica, Albula Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:350 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Northwestern Irian Jaya (West Papua, Indonesia). Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3591 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:261 [ref. 293]. See account of Esox argenteus. See account in Kottelat 2013:35 [ref. 32989]. •Synonym of Albula vulpes (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead 1986:223 [ref. 5733], Whitehead 1990:123 [ref. 19325], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:853 [ref. 22829]). •Valid as Albula neoguinaica Valenciennes 1847 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:106 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:32 [ref. 15987], Kottelat et al. 1993:6 [ref. 23448], Francis 1993:157 [ref. 25479], Allen & Robertson 1994:41 [ref. 22193], Randall 1995:53 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:50 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:346 [ref. 23967], Fricke 1999:36 [ref. 24106], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:93 [ref. 24550], Johnson 1999:720 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:189 [ref. 25086], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:107 [ref. 27511], Colborn et al. 2001:807 [ref. 25230], Nakabo 2002:189 [ref. 26001]). •See Grove & Lavenberg 1997:141 [ref. 24023]. •Synonym of Albula forsteri Valenciennes 1847 -- (Randall & Bauchot 1999:81 [ref. 23836], Randall 2005:26 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:108 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:227 [ref. 28995]). •Synonym of Albula argentea (Forster 1801) -- (Hidaka et al. 2008:58 [ref. 29526], Randall 2007:51 [ref. 30952], Kottelat 2013:35 [ref. 32989], Matsunuma et al. 2022:262 [ref. 39583]). Current status: Synonym of Albula argentea (Forster 1801). Albulidae: Albulinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.