Order Summary for Albuliformes

Order Summary for Albuliformes
Main Ref	:	Nelson, J.S., 1994
Order	:	Albuliformes bonefishes
Class	:	Teleostei
Sister Order	:	Notacanthiformes 80 M years
Ref.	:	Forey, P., D. Littlewood, P. Ritchie and A. Meyer, 1996 \| Carroll, R., 1988
First Fossil Record	:	late Cretaceous
Occurs in	:		Marine	Fresh	Brackish
Remark	:	Mandibular sensory canal lying in an open groove in the dentary and angular bones (in all other elopomorphs the groove is roofed, in Albula there is a small roof in the angular).
Class etymology	:	Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.
Order etymology	:	Latin, albulus = whitish (Ref. 45335).
Families	:	( n = 1 ) Albulidae