WoRMS name details
Polydactylus macrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858)
464011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464011)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Polynemus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted (basionym)
(of Polynemus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Zevende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Sumatra. Visschen van Palembang. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 5 (art. 6): 1-12. [details]
Lectotype (of Polynemus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1858)...
Lectotype (of Polynemus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1858) RMNH 6015, geounit Sumatra [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polydactylus macrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464011 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polynemus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Zevende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Sumatra. Visschen van Palembang. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 5 (art. 6): 1-12. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Polynemus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1858) RMNH 6015, geounit Sumatra [details]
Paralectotype (of Polynemus macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1858) RMNH 33967 [details]
