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Polydactylus octonemus

Polydactylus octonemus (SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC )

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Polynemidae
Genus: Polydactylus
Species: P. octonemus

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Atlantic threadfin

The Atlantic threadfin, Polydactylus octonemus, is a threadfin native to subtropical and temperate waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It grows up to 23 cm in length.

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Polydactylus octonemus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

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