WoRMS taxon details
Parapolynemus verekeri (Saville-Kent, 1889)
282102 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282102)
accepted
Species
Polynemus intermedius Nichols, 1954 · unaccepted
Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889) Saville-Kent, W. (1889). Preliminary observations on a natural history collection made in connection with the surveying cruise of H. M. S. "Myrmidon," at Port Darwin and Cambridge Gulf in ... 1888. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 6 (pt 5): 219-240, Pl. 13., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.244659 [details]
Lectotype (of Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889) AM...
Lectotype (of Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889) AM I.2770, geounit North Australia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Parapolynemus verekeri (Saville-Kent, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282102 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polynemus intermedius Nichols, 1954) Nichols, J. T. (1954). A new blenny from Bali and a new threadfin from New Guinea. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> No. 1680: 1-5. [details]
original description (of Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889) Saville-Kent, W. (1889). Preliminary observations on a natural history collection made in connection with the surveying cruise of H. M. S. "Myrmidon," at Port Darwin and Cambridge Gulf in ... 1888. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 6 (pt 5): 219-240, Pl. 13., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.244659 [details]
original description (of Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889) Saville-Kent, W. (1889). Preliminary observations on a natural history collection made in connection with the surveying cruise of H. M. S. "Myrmidon," at Port Darwin and Cambridge Gulf in ... 1888. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 6 (pt 5): 219-240, Pl. 13., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.244659 [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
Lectotype (of Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889) AM I.2770, geounit North Australia [details]
Paralectotype (of Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889) AM I.2771 [details]
Paratype (of Polynemus intermedius Nichols, 1954) AMNH 20115 and 20116 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | streamered tasselfishdwarf paradise fish | [details] |
| French | barbure paradis nain | [details] |
| Spanish | barbudo paraiso enano | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polynemus intermedius Nichols, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parapolynemus verekeri)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus intermedius Nichols, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889)
To FishBase
To Genbank (from synonym Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polynemus intermedius Nichols, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parapolynemus verekeri)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus intermedius Nichols, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889)
To FishBase
To Genbank (from synonym Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889)
To Genbank
To ITIS
