WoRMS taxon details
Polydactylus macrochir (Günther, 1867)
276590 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276590)
accepted
Species
Polydactylus sheridani (MacLeay, 1884) · unaccepted
Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 20 (no. 115): 45-68. [details]
Holotype (of Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867) BMNH...
Holotype (of Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867) BMNH 1866.2.13.17, geounit New South Wales [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polydactylus macrochir (Günther, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276590 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 20 (no. 115): 45-68. [details]
original description (of Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884) Macleay, W. (1884). Supplement to the descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 1): 2-64. [details]
original description (of Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884) Macleay, W. (1884). Supplement to the descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 1): 2-64. [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
Holotype (of Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867) BMNH 1866.2.13.17, geounit New South Wales [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Sheridan's threadfinlongfinned threadfinking threadfingold threadfinBurnett salmon | [details] |
| French | barbure gros-doigts | [details] |
| Spanish | barbudo de manos grandes | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polydactylus sheridani (MacLeay, 1884))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus macrochir)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polynemus sheridani) (from synonym Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactylus sheridani (MacLeay, 1884))
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867)
To GenBank (468 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (468 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polydactylus sheridani (MacLeay, 1884))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus macrochir)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polynemus sheridani) (from synonym Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactylus sheridani (MacLeay, 1884))
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867)
To GenBank (468 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (468 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus sheridani MacLeay, 1884)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
