WoRMS taxon details
Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803
159849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159849)
accepted
Genus
Polyactylus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Polydactilus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trichidion Gill (ex Klein), 1861 · unaccepted
- Species Polydactylus approximans (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
- Species Polydactylus bifurcus Motomura, Kimura & Iwatsuki, 2001
- Species Polydactylus longipes Motomura, Okamoto & Iwatsuki, 2001
- Species Polydactylus macrochir (Günther, 1867)
- Species Polydactylus malagasyensis Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001
- Species Polydactylus microstoma (Bleeker, 1851)
- Species Polydactylus mullani (Hora, 1926)
- Species Polydactylus multiradiatus (Günther, 1860)
- Species Polydactylus nigripinnis Munro, 1964
- Species Polydactylus octonemus (Girard, 1858)
- Species Polydactylus oligodon (Günther, 1860)
- Species Polydactylus opercularis (Gill, 1863)
- Species Polydactylus persicus Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001
- Species Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782)
- Species Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes, 1831)
- Species Polydactylus sextarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Polydactylus siamensis Motomura, Iwatsuki & Yoshino, 2001
- Species Polydactylus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Polydactylus agonasi Jordan & McGregor, 1906 accepted as Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782)
- Species Polydactylus auratus McKay, 1970 accepted as Polydactylus multiradiatus (Günther, 1860)
- Species Polydactylus heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Filimanus heptadactyla (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804) accepted as Leptomelanosoma indicum (Shaw, 1804)
- Species Polydactylus konadaensis Mishra & Krishnan, 1993 accepted as Filimanus xanthonema (Valenciennes, 1831)
- Species Polydactylus kuru (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes, 1831)
- Species Polydactylus microstomus (Bleeker, 1851) accepted as Polydactylus microstoma (Bleeker, 1851)
- Species Polydactylus opercularis Seale & Bean, 1907 accepted as Filimanus sealei (Jordan & Richardson, 1910)
- Species Polydactylus plebejus (Broussonet, 1782) accepted as Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) (misspelling)
- Species Polydactylus plebius (Broussonet, 1782) accepted as Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) (misspelling)
- Species Polydactylus plumierii Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Polydactylus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Polydactylus rhadinus Jordan & Evermann, 1902 accepted as Eleutheronema rhadinum (Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
- Species Polydactylus sealei Jordan & Richardson, 1910 accepted as Filimanus sealei (Jordan & Richardson, 1910)
- Species Polydactylus sheridani (MacLeay, 1884) accepted as Polydactylus macrochir (Günther, 1867)
- Species Polydactylus xanthonemus (Valenciennes, 1831) accepted as Filimanus xanthonema (Valenciennes, 1831)
- Species Polydactylus zophomus Jordan & McGregor, 1907 accepted as Polydactylus microstoma (Bleeker, 1851)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159849 on 2025-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ツバメコノシロ属 | [details] |
