WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Polynemus octonemus Girard, 1858

AphiaID

309971 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:309971)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (basionym)

Accepted name

Polydactylus octonemus (Girard, 1858)

Rank

Species

Parent

Polynemus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Polynemus octonemus Girard, 1858

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 167-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535762#page/187/mode/1up [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Texas

type locality contained in Texas [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Polynemus octonemus Girard, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=309971 on 2026-07-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 167-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535762#page/187/mode/1up [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]