WoRMS taxon details

Polydactylus octonemus (Girard, 1858)

159852  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159852)

accepted
Species
Polynemus octonemus Girard, 1858 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Type locality contained in Texas  
type locality contained in Texas [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York to Texas, including southern Florida in USA. Some authors report this species as occurring...  
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York to Texas, including southern Florida in USA. Some authors report this species as occurring throughout northern South America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Polydactylus octonemus (Girard, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159852 on 2023-12-01
Date
action
by
2005-05-30 09:27:08Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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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]   

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). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em>  [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York to Texas, including southern Florida in USA. Some authors report this species as occurring throughout northern South America [details]

Habitat benthic [details]
LanguageName 
English Atlantic threadfin  [details]
French barbure huit doigts atlantique  [details]
Spanish barbudo ocho dedos atlánticobarbudo ocho barbas  [details]