Polydactylus octonemus
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Polydactylus octonemus (Girard, 1858)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polydactylus octonemus (Girard, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159852 on 2026-08-29
created: 2005-05-30T11:27:08Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
replaces: 309971
replaces: 322111
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Polydactylus octonemus (Girard, 1858)
class: Teleostei
family: Polynemidae
genus: Polydactylus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gill, T. N. (1861). Synopsis of the polynematoids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 13: 271-282.
name published in: Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 10: 167-171.
name published in year: 1861
name published in year: 1858
order: Carangaria incertae sedis
parent name usage ID: 159849
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Girard, 1858)
specific epithet: octonemus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted