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WoRMS taxon details

Eleutheronema Bleeker, 1862

AphiaID

269056 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269056)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Polynemus tetradactylus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804)

Parent

Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Eleuthronema · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Eleutheronema rhadinum (Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
Species Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804)
Species Eleutheronema tridactylum (Bleeker, 1849)
Species Eleutheronema tetradactyla (Shaw, 1804) accepted as Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804) (misspelling)
Species Eleutheronema tetradactylus (Shaw, 1804) accepted as Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eleutheronema Bleeker, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269056 on 2026-09-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Taxonomy

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]

Other

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]