Thick-bodied but streamlined. Dark back, usually greenish, and silver sides; pointed snout with underslung mouth; forked tail. A smaller and much lesser-known variety, the Longfin Bonefish, Albula nemoptera, looks almost identical, except for streamer-like extensions of its dorsal and anal fins. Bonefishes are one of the most important game fishes in the world. These beautiful fish can reach weights and lengths of up to 10 kg and 104 cm respectively, though a more representative size would be about a third of that. Bonefishes have 15-19 dorsal soft rays, 7-9 anal soft rays, 12-14 branchiostegalexternal link rays, and 69-74 vertebrae. Bonefishes appear blue-greenish above, with bright silver scales on the sides and below. Dark streaks run in between their rows of scales, predominantly on their dorsal side. Their bodies are long, thin, and fusiformexternal link, with bluntly conical snouts. Pectoral and pelvic axillary scales are present, as is a single long scale on each side of the membrane between each ray of their dorsal and anal fins. Bonefish have a unique adaptation for tolerating oxygen-poor water; they inhale air into a lung-like airbladder to supplement oxygen from the water. They are sometimes mistaken for ladyfishes, which look similar. Linnaeusexternal link first described the bonefish in 1758. Its scientific name can be translated as "white fox." Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-19; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 69 - 74. Branchiostegal rays 12-14. Silvery with dusky fins; base of pectorals yellow. Body elongate and fusiform. Last ray of dorsal and anal fins not prolonged; head region naked; spot and band absent on head; margin of nasal pore not black (Ref. 13608). Bluntly conical snout extends beyond inferior mouth. Pectoral and pelvic axillary scales present; a single long scale on each side of membrane between each ray of dorsal and anal fins