WoRMS taxon details
Polydactylus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
159854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159854)
accepted
Species
Polydactilus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Polydactylus plumierii Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Polynemus antillarum Perugia, 1896 · unaccepted
Polynemus mango Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
Polynemus naso Walbaum, 1793 · unaccepted
Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution Western Atlantic: Florida, USA (rarely to North Carolina and Virginia) and Bermuda to Uruguay
Distribution Western Atlantic: Florida, USA (rarely to North Carolina and Virginia) and Bermuda to Uruguay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polydactylus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159854 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polydactylus plumierii Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 419, 420, Pl. 14 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 155 (footnote 2) [details]
original description (of Polynemus naso Walbaum, 1793) Walbaum, J. J. (1793). Jacobi Theodori Kleinii ichthyologia enodata sive index rervm ad historiam piscivm natvralem synonymis recentissimorvm systematicorvm explicatvs. <em>Libraria Gleditschia, Lipsiae.</em> i-vi + 1-114., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9096
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Polynemus mango Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 411, 413 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
page(s): 419, 420, Pl. 14 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 155 (footnote 2) [details]
original description (of Polynemus naso Walbaum, 1793) Walbaum, J. J. (1793). Jacobi Theodori Kleinii ichthyologia enodata sive index rervm ad historiam piscivm natvralem synonymis recentissimorvm systematicorvm explicatvs. <em>Libraria Gleditschia, Lipsiae.</em> i-vi + 1-114., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9096
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Polynemus mango Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 411, 413 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 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
Syntype (of Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829) MNHN 5504, geounit Coasts of America [details]
Syntype (of Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829) MNHN A. 3028 [details]
Syntype (of Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829) MNHN A. 3031 [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Florida, USA (rarely to North Carolina and Virginia) and Bermuda to Uruguay [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | sardijntje | [details] |
| English | threadfishthreadfinsevenfingered threadfinChinese nosecatfishbeard fishbarbúbarbu | [details] |
| French | barbure de flaquebarbu argenté | [details] |
| Spanish | barbudo de charcobarbudo barbúbarbudobarbi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (41 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polynemus antillarum Perugia, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Polynemus mango Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Polydactylus plumierii Lacepède, 1803)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus virginicus)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus naso Walbaum, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus antillarum Perugia, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus mango Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactylus plumierii Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactilus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polynemus antillarum Perugia, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Polynemus mango Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Polydactylus plumierii Lacepède, 1803)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus virginicus)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus americanus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus naso Walbaum, 1793)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus antillarum Perugia, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus mango Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactylus plumierii Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactilus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
