MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815

WoRMS taxon details

Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

125551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125551)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Carangaria incertae sedis

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Genus Eleutheronema Bleeker, 1862
Genus Filimanus Myers, 1936
Genus Galeoides Günther, 1860
Genus Leptomelanosoma Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001
Genus Parapolynemus Feltes, 1993
Genus Pentanemus Günther, 1860
Genus Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803
Genus Polynemus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Eleuthronema accepted as Eleutheronema Bleeker, 1862 (misspelling)
Genus Polistonemus Gill, 1861 accepted as Polynemus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Polydactilus accepted as Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Trichidion Gill (ex Klein), 1861 accepted as Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Chiefly marine and brackish. Some riverine. Distribution: all tropical and subtropical seas. Mouth inferior. Pectoral fin...

Description Chiefly marine and brackish. Some riverine. Distribution: all tropical and subtropical seas. Mouth inferior. Pectoral fin with 2 sections. Upper section of pectoral fin with the rays attached; the lower section having 3-7 (except in Polistonemus with 14 or 15) long free rays. Spinous and soft dorsal fins far apart. Pelvics subabdominal. One spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Deeply forked caudal fin. Vertebrae 24 or 25. Reaches 1.8 m maximum length, reported for Eleutheronema tetradactylum. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125551 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2021-06-30 09:45:28Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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

Unreviewed

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	threadfins	[details]
French	barbures	[details]
Japanese	ツバメコノシロ科	[details]
Spanish	barbudos	[details]

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