WoRMS taxon details
Polydactylus oligodon (Günther, 1860)
276596 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276596)
accepted
Species
Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
Lectotype (of Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860) BMNH...
Lectotype (of Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860) BMNH 1853.4.18.23, geounit Rio De Janeiro [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polydactylus oligodon (Günther, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276596 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860) BMNH 1853.4.18.23, geounit Rio De Janeiro [details]
Paralectotype (of Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860) BMNH 1848.1.12.890 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smallscale threadfinlittlescale threadfin | [details] |
| French | barbure à petites écailles | [details] |
| Saint Lucian Creole French | barbú | [details] |
| Spanish | barbudo siete barbasbarbudo de escamas pequeñas | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus oligodon)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860)
To FishBase images (Polynemus oligodon, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.) (from synonym Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus oligodon)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860)
To FishBase images (Polynemus oligodon, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.) (from synonym Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Polynemus oligodon Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
