WoRMS taxon details
Polydactylus persicus Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001
276598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276598)
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 MCZ 60001, geounit Kuwait Bay
Holotype MCZ 60001, geounit Kuwait Bay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polydactylus persicus Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276598 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 MCZ 60001, geounit Kuwait Bay [details]
Paratype AM 40432-001 [details]
Paratype BMNH 2000.9.25.1 [details]
Paratype KU 10528 [details]
Paratype MCZ 158350 [details]
Paratype MCZ 59251 [details]
Paratype MUFS 20410 [details]
Paratype USNM 363075 [details]
