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Definition of Albulidae
1. Noun. Bonefish.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Isospondyli, Order Isospondyli
Member holonyms: Albula, Genus Albula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Albulidae
Literary usage of Albulidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The Elopidae and albulidae are also low forms, traced back to tlie Cretaceous
seas, having points in common with ..."
2. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1919)
"In view of their primitive characters, the albulidae must have existed in the
Cretaceous. The recorded species which have been assigned to this family, ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"On the cranial osteology of the fishes of the families Elopidae and albulidae,
with remarks on the morphology of the skull in the lower Teleostean fishes ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"... albulidae, Elopidae, Alepocephalidae, and Salmonidae, there are but two left,
while one only appears in the Osteoglossidae, ..."