WoRMS taxon details
Polynemidae
AphiaID: 125551
AphiaID: 125551
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Perciformes | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Motomura, H. (2004). Threadfins of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of polynemid species known to date. Family Polynemidae. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 3. Rome, FAO. 117 p., 151 figs, 6 pls. [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Eleutheronema Bleeker, 1862 Genus Filimanus Myers, 1936 Genus Galeoides Günther, 1860 Genus Leptomelanosoma Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001 Genus Parapolynemus Feltes, 1993 Genus Pentanemus Günther, 1860 Genus Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803 Genus Polynemus Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Eleuthronema accepted as Eleutheronema Bleeker, 1862 Genus Polistonemus Gill, 1861 accepted as Polynemus Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Polyactylus accepted as Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803 Genus Polydactilus accepted as Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803 Genus Polystonemus accepted as Polistonemus Gill, 1861 accepted as Polynemus Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Trichidion Gill (ex Klein), 1861 accepted as Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803 Genus Trichidion Klein, 1776 accepted as Polynemus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Chiefly marine and brackish. Some riverine. Distribution: all tropical and subtropical seas. Mouth inferior. Pectoral fin with 2 sections. Upper section of pectoral fin with the rays attached; the lower section having 3-7 (except in Polistonemus with 14 or 15) long free rays. Spinous and soft dorsal fins far apart. Pelvics subabdominal. One spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Deeply forked caudal fin. Vertebrae 24 or 25. Reaches 1.8 m maximum length, reported for Eleutheronema tetradactylum. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125551 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Polynemidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125551 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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