Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 90 m (Ref. 58302). Tropical; 41°N - 34°S, 92°E - 123°W
Western Pacific: Indo-Malayan to South Pacific (east to the Society Is, and the Marquesas). Part of a species complex wherein its former Indo-Pacific distribution has been divided with A. oligolepis found in the Indian Ocean and A. virgata known only from Hawaii.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54980)
Vertebrae: 65 - 69. Compared with A. glossodonta, argentea have a larger mouth, upper jaw 2.6-2.9 in HL, more pointed lower jaw, and no blackish spot on the underside of the tip of the snout (Ref. 26145).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Seldom found on coral reefs, occasionally in sheltered, shallow lagoons (Ref. 90102). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Spawning occurs in open waters. Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 205).
Hidaka, K., Y. Iwatsuki and J.E. Randall, 2008. A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species. Ichthyol. Res. 55:53-64. (Ref. 74924)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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