WoRMS taxon details
Polydactylus multiradiatus (Günther, 1860)
276594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276594)
accepted
Species
Polydactylus auratus McKay, 1970 · unaccepted
Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860 · unaccepted (basionym)
Polynemus specularis De Vis, 1883 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
Holotype (of Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860)...
Holotype (of Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860) BMNH 1852.5.4.5, geounit China [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polydactylus multiradiatus (Günther, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276594 on 2025-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polydactylus auratus McKay, 1970) McKay, R. J. (1970). Additions to the fish fauna of Western Australia. <em>5. Western Australian Fisheries Bulletin.</em> 9 (5): 3-24. [details]
original description (of Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
original description (of Polynemus specularis De Vis, 1883) De Vis, C. W. (1883). Description of new genera and species of Australian fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 8 (pt 2): 283-289.
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
original description (of Polynemus specularis De Vis, 1883) De Vis, C. W. (1883). Description of new genera and species of Australian fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 8 (pt 2): 283-289.
page(s): 285 [details]
Ecology
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860) BMNH 1852.5.4.5, geounit China [details]
Paratype (of Polydactylus auratus McKay, 1970) WAM P 16793-001; P 16794-001 and P 16795-001 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | many-rayed threadfinGünther's threadfinAustralian threadfin | [details] |
| French | barbure à dos sombre | [details] |
| Spanish | barbudo de lomo oscuro | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Polynemus specularis De Vis, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus multiradiatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactylus auratus McKay, 1970)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus specularis De Vis, 1883)
To FishBase images (Polydactylus multiradiatus, by CSIRO)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Polynemus specularis De Vis, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydactylus multiradiatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Polydactylus auratus McKay, 1970)
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Polynemus specularis De Vis, 1883)
To FishBase images (Polydactylus multiradiatus, by CSIRO)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
