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Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829)

To FishBase images (<i>Polydactylus quadrifilis</i>, Nigeria, by Klimpel, S.)

To FishBase images (Polydactylus quadrifilis, Nigeria, by Klimpel, S.)

AphiaID

276599 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276599)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803

Original name

Polynemus quadrifilis Cuvier, 1829

Synonymised names

Polynemus quadrifilis Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Polynemus quadrifilis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. F. G. Levrault, Paris. v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 390, Pl. 68 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Senegal

type locality contained in Senegal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829). 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276599 on 2025-07-05

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) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276599 on 2025-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2020-09-24 06:35:24Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Polynemus quadrifilis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. F. G. Levrault, Paris. v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 390, Pl. 68 [details]

basis of record 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 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 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]

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]