African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803

AfReMaS taxon details

Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803

AphiaID

159849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159849)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (7)

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Species Polydactylus malagasyensis Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001
Species Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Polydactylus sextarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804) accepted as Leptomelanosoma indicum (Shaw, 1804)
Species Polydactylus kuru (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes, 1831) accepted as Filistriatus sexfilis (Valenciennes, 1831)
Species Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) accepted as Filistriatus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes, 1831) accepted as Filistriatus sexfilis (Valenciennes, 1831) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159849 on 2026-09-12

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159849 on 2026-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 09:27:08Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polydactylus RAD119747-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polydactylus RAD119747-001)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Polydactylus RAD119747-001)

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To NMNH Extant Collection (Polydactylus RAD119747-001)

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