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Albula vulpes

Albula vulpes

9.9
A slender silver fish that lives in shallow sand and mud flats near coasts, often called bonefish
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Anglers travel to the Bahamas hoping to catch the elusive Albula vulpes in the shallow flats.

Examples

  • The diet of Albula vulpes mainly consists of small crustaceans and worms found in sandy bottoms.

  • Researchers are studying the migration patterns of Albula vulpes to help protect its habitats.

  • Look at the beautiful Albula vulpes swimming near the reef!

  • I caught an Albula vulpes on my last fishing trip.

  • Anglers travel to the Bahamas hoping to catch the elusive Albula vulpes in the shallow flats.

  • Researchers are studying the migration patterns of Albula vulpes to help protect its habitats.

  • The diet of Albula vulpes mainly consists of small crustaceans and worms found in sandy bottoms.

Synonyms

bonefish
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A long, silvery fish that lives in shallow warm coastal water and is popular with people who fish for sport

is the scientific name for the same fish without the sport fishing emphasis

Surface Forms

Albula vulpes singular
Albula vulpes plural

Morphology

Albula + vulpes

Albula vulpes is a Latin binomial (genus + species) used as a taxonomic proper name; knowing the constituent labels (one being a genus and the other an untranslated/unknown Latin token) does not allow a B1 learner to infer 'slender, silvery marine fish'. Even if learners knew that 'vulpes' can mean 'fox' in Latin, that meaning does not compositionally yield a fish; scientific names are non-compositional proper nouns and thus unpredictable for learners.

Etymology

Albula vulpes may come from the Latin words Albula ('white') and vulpes ('fox'), a clear picture that points to the fish's pale, silvery color and quick, fox-like movement over shallow flats. So the name helps us remember this slender, silvery bonefish.