A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Polynemidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| East Asian fourfinger threadfinEleutheronema rhadinum (Jordan & Evermann, 1902) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blind tassel-fishEleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| threefinger threadfinEleutheronema tridactylum (Bleeker, 1849) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| seven-fingered threadfinFilimanus heptadactyla (Cuvier, 1829) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| eight-fingered threadfinFilimanus sealei (Jordan & Richardson, 1910) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowthread threadfinFilimanus xanthonema (Valenciennes, 1831) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Filistriatus arabicus Akhilesh, Bineesh & Gopalakrishnan, 2026 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Filistriatus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lesser African threadfinGaleoides decadactylus (Bloch, 1795) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian threadfinLeptomelanosoma indicum (Shaw, 1804) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leptomelanosoma macrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dwarf paradise fishParapolynemus verekeri (Saville-Kent, 1889) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| beardfishPentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus, 1758) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blue boboPolydactylus approximans (Lay & Bennett, 1839) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| long-limb threadfinPolydactylus longipes Motomura, Okamoto & Iwatsuki, 2001 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polydactylus luparensis Lim, Motomura & Gambang, 2010 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burnett salmonPolydactylus macrochir (Günther, 1867) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African blackspot threadfinPolydactylus malagasyensis Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polydactylus microstoma (Bleeker, 1851) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arabian blackspot threadfinPolydactylus mullani (Hora, 1926) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Australian threadfinPolydactylus multiradiatus (Günther, 1860) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black-finned threadfinPolydactylus nigripinnis Munro, 1964 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Persian blackspot threadfinPolydactylus persicus Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackspot threadfinPolydactylus sextarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| largemouth striped threadfinPolydactylus siamensis Motomura, Iwatsuki & Yoshino, 2001 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern paradise fishPolynemus aquilonaris Motomura, 2003 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polynemus bidentatus Motomura & Tsukawaki, 2006 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| eastern paradise fishPolynemus dubius Bleeker, 1853 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hornaday's paradise fishPolynemus hornadayi Myers, 1936 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kapuas elegant paradise fishPolynemus kapuasensis Motomura & van Oijen, 2003 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes, 1831 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| paradise threadfinPolynemus paradiseus Linnaeus, 1758 | PolynemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.