After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Albuloidei Greenwood et al., 1966 (naiskalat) |?-o †Phyllodontidae | |?- †Casierius L. Cret. Eu. NA. | |?- †Eodiaphyodus U. Cret. WAf. | |--o †Egertonia Cocchi, 1866; U. Paleoc. L. Eoc. Eu., U. Eoc. L. Olig. NAf. | | |-- †E. isodonta Cocchi, 1866 | | `-- †E. stromeri | |-- †Paralbula U. Cret. Mioc. NA., L. Eoc. Eu., U. Eoc. NAf. | |-- †Phyllodus L. Paleoc. U. Eoc. Eu., L. Paleoc. Mioc. NA. | `-- †Pseudoegertonia L. Paleoc. WAf. |--o Pterothrissidae [Albulidae: Pterothrissinae] | |-- †Hajulia multidens U. Cret. SWAs. | |--o †Thrissipteroides U. Cret. Eu. SWAs. | | `-- †T. elongatus | `--o Istieus U. Cret. Eu. SWAs. [Pterothrissus Hilgendorf, 1877; ?M. Jur. U. Jur. U. Cret. Eoc. Eu. Olig. Aus. R. Atl. Pac.] [2] | |-- †I. macrocephalus | |-- I. belloci (Cadenat, 1937) (Longfin bonefish) | `-- I. gissu (Hilgendorf, 1877) [Pterothrissus gissu Hilgendorf, 1877] (Japanese gissu) `--o Albulidae Bleeker, 1859 (naiskalat; Bonefishes) |-- †Coriops U. Cret. NA. |-- †Kleinpellia U. Cret. NA. |--o †Lebonichthys U. Cret. SWAs. | |-- †L. lewisi | `-- †L. gracilis `--+-- †Deltaichthys albuloides Fielitz & Bardack, 1992 `--+?- †Farinichthys gigas Gallo & de Figueiredo, 2002, Pal. NESA. `--o Albula ?U. Cret. ?NA. L.-M. Eoc. Eu. R. Oc. |?- A. glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775) (Roundjaw bonefish) |-- A. nemoptera (Fowler, 1911) (Threadfin bonefish) |?- A. neoguinaica Valenciennes, 1847 (Sharpjaw bonefish) `-- A. vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bonefish)
Note:
Nelson (1994) recognizes only two recent species of Albula, but Fishbase recognizes four, also Fishbase still uses genus-name Pterothrissus, which is is synonym of Istieus according to Carroll (1988).
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Fielitz, C. & Bardack, D., 1992: Deltaichthys albuloides, a new an unusually preserved albulid (Teleostei) probably from the Cretaceous of Texas.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 12, #2, pp. 133-141 - Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
–Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Gallo, V. & de Figueiredo, F. J., 2002: †Farinichthys gigas, a new albulid fish (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) from the Paleocene of the Pernambuco-Paraíba Basin, Northeastern Brazil.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 22, #4, pp. 747-758 - Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
–Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223 - Murray, A. M. & Stewart, K. M., 2001: Late Eocene and Early Oligocene teleost fishes from Fayûm, Egypt.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, #3, Supplement to #3, pp. 82A - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600