Cortez bonefish

Albula gilberti

Bonefish of the Gulf of California and beyond

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
North America
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Albula gilberti, also known as the Cortez bonefish or macabi, is a species of bonefish in the eastern Pacific from the Southern California Bight to the Sea of Cortez and Sinaloa.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Bonefishes
Family: Albulidae
Genus: Albula
Maximum length: 25.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North America: Mexico and USA; from Mazatlán, Sinaloa throughout the Gulf of California and outer coast of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico to California, USA.

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