42 Species in Family Polynemidae
Nominal species list for Polynemidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Eleutheronema rhadinum (Jordan & Evermann, 1902) East Asian fourfinger threadfin
Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804) Fourfinger threadfin
Eleutheronema tridactylum (Bleeker, 1849) Threefinger threadfin
Filimanus heptadactyla (Cuvier, 1829) Sevenfinger threadfin
Filimanus hexanema (Cuvier, 1829) Javanese threadfin
Filimanus perplexa Feltes, 1991 Splendid threadfin
Filimanus sealei (Jordan & Richardson, 1910) Eightfinger threadfin
Filimanus similis Feltes, 1991 Indian sevenfinger threadfin
Filimanus xanthonema (Valenciennes, 1831) Yellowthread threadfin
Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch, 1795) Lesser African threadfin
Leptomelanosoma indicum (Shaw, 1804) Indian threadfin
Parapolynemus verekeri (Saville-Kent, 1889) Dwarf paradise fish
Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Royal threadfin
Polydactylus approximans (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Blue bobo
Polydactylus bifurcus Motomura, Kimura & Iwatsuki, 2001 Slender fivefinger threadfin
Polydactylus longipes Motomura, Okamoto & Iwatsuki, 2001 Long-limb threadfin
Polydactylus luparensis Lim, Motomura & Gambang, 2010 Sarawak Giant Threadfin
Polydactylus macrochir (Günther, 1867) King threadfin
Polydactylus macrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858) River threadfin
Polydactylus malagasyensis Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001 African blackspot threadfin
Polydactylus microstomus (Bleeker, 1851) Smallmouth threadfin
Polydactylus mullani (Hora, 1926) Arabian blackspot threadfin
Polydactylus multiradiatus (Günther, 1860) Australian threadfin
Polydactylus nigripinnis Munro, 1964 Blackfin threadfin
Polydactylus octonemus (Girard, 1858) Atlantic threadfin
Polydactylus oligodon (Günther, 1860) Littlescale threadfin
Polydactylus opercularis (Gill, 1863) Yellow bobo
Polydactylus persicus Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001 Persian blackspot threadfin
Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) Striped threadfin
Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829) Giant African threadfin
Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes, 1831) Sixfinger threadfin
Polydactylus sextarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Blackspot threadfin
Polydactylus siamensis Motomura, Iwatsuki & Yoshino, 2001 Largemouth striped threadfin
Polydactylus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Barbu
Polynemus aquilonaris Motomura, 2003 Northern paradise fish
Polynemus bidentatus Motomura & Tsukawaki, 2006
Polynemus dubius Bleeker, 1853 Eastern paradise fish
Polynemus hornadayi Myers, 1936 Hornaday’s paradise fish
Polynemus kapuasensis Motomura & van Oijen, 2003 Kapuas elegant paradise fish
Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes, 1831 Blackhand paradise fish
Polynemus multifilis Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 Elegant paradise fish
Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus, 1758 Paradise threadfin
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