WoRMS taxon details
Polydactylus malagasyensis Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001
276591 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276591)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Motomura, H.; Iwatsuki, Y. (2001). Review of <i>Polydactylus</i> species (Perciformes: Polynemidae) characterized by a large black anterior lateral line spot, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Ichthyol. Res.</em> 48(4): 337-354., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-001-8157-y [details]
Holotype AMNH 88029, geounit Madagascar
Holotype AMNH 88029, geounit Madagascar [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polydactylus malagasyensis Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276591 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Motomura, H.; Iwatsuki, Y. (2001). Review of <i>Polydactylus</i> species (Perciformes: Polynemidae) characterized by a large black anterior lateral line spot, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Ichthyol. Res.</em> 48(4): 337-354., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-001-8157-y [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
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 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AMNH 88029, geounit Madagascar [details]
Paratype AM 28114009 [details]
Paratype AMNH 231222 [details]
Paratype ANSP 54807; 77390 and 86372 [details]
Paratype CAS 66577 and 131390 [details]
Paratype MUFS 20381 [details]
Paratype NRM 10479 and 10480 [details]
Paratype SAMC 34057 [details]
Paratype USNM 171045; 278209; 301505; 307631; 358684 and 363484 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | sesvinger-draadvin | [details] |
| English | sixfinger threadfinAfrican blackspot threadfin | [details] |
| French | barbure tâche noire d'Afrique | [details] |
| Portuguese | barbudo de mancha | [details] |
| Spanish | barbudo mancha negra Africano | [details] |
| Swahili (individual language) | mkizi komo majikupe | [details] |
