WoRMS taxon details
Polydactylus mullani (Hora, 1926)
276593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276593)
accepted
Species
Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926) Hora, S. L. (1926). Notes on fishes in the Indian Museum. IX-XIV. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> v. 27 (pt 6): 453-469, Pl. 11. [details]
Holotype (of Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926)...
Holotype (of Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926) ZSI f 10747, geounit Bombay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polydactylus mullani (Hora, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276593 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926) Hora, S. L. (1926). Notes on fishes in the Indian Museum. IX-XIV. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> v. 27 (pt 6): 453-469, Pl. 11. [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 sextarius mullani Hora, 1926) ZSI f 10747, geounit Bombay [details]
Paratype (of Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926) ZSI F 10748 to F 10750 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Arabian blackspot threadfin | [details] |
| French | barbure à tâche noire d'Arabie | [details] |
| Spanish | barbudo de mancha negra árabe | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus mullani)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus mullani)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus sextarius mullani Hora, 1926)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To ITIS
