Atlantic threadfin

Atlantic threadfin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Polynemidae
Genus: Polydactylus
Species:
P. octonemus
Binomial name
Polydactylus octonemus
(Girard, 1858)
Synonyms[2]
  • Polynemus octonemus Girard, 1858
  • Trichidion octofilis Gill, 1861

The Atlantic threadfin (Polydactylus octonemus) is a species of ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae native to subtropical and temperate waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

  1. ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Moore, J.; Polanco Fernandez, A.; Russell, B.; McEachran, J.D. (2015). "Polydactylus octonemus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16778406A16782083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16778406A16782083.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Polydactylus octonemus". FishBase. December 2019 version.