WoRMS taxon details
Filimanus heptadactyla (Cuvier, 1829)
280780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280780)
accepted
Species
Filimanus heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Polydactylus heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Polynemus heptadactylus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (basionym)
Trichidion heptadactylum (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polynemus heptadactylus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 390 [details]
page(s): 390 [details]
Type locality contained in Jakarta
type locality contained in Jakarta [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Filimanus heptadactyla (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280780 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polynemus heptadactylus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 390 [details]
page(s): 390 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Motomura, H. (2004). Threadfins of the world (Family Polynemidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of polynemid species known to date. FAO Spec. Cat. Fish. Purp. Rome: FAO. 3:117 p., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y5398e/y5398e00.htm [details]
additional source Motomura, H. (2004). Threadfins of the world (Family Polynemidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of polynemid species known to date. FAO Spec. Cat. Fish. Purp. Rome: FAO. 3:117 p., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y5398e/y5398e00.htm [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | seven-fingered threadfinsevenfinger threadfin | [details] |
| French | barbure à sept doigts | [details] |
| Indonesian | laoslaas | [details] |
| Spanish | barbudo de siete dedos | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polydactylus heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Polynemus heptadactylus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Trichidion heptadactylum (Cuvier, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Filimanus heptadactyla)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactylus heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus heptadactylus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Filimanus heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Trichidion heptadactylum (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus heptadactylus Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Trichidion heptadactylum (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Filimanus heptadactyla USNM 408795 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polydactylus heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Polynemus heptadactylus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Trichidion heptadactylum (Cuvier, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Filimanus heptadactyla)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactylus heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus heptadactylus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Filimanus heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Trichidion heptadactylum (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus heptadactylus Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Trichidion heptadactylum (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Filimanus heptadactyla USNM 408795 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS