Indian threadfin

Not to be confused with Indian threadfish.
Indian Threadfin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Polynemidae
Genus: Leptomelanosoma
Species: L. indicum
Binomial name
Leptomelanosoma indicum
(Shaw, 1804)
Synonyms

Polydactylus macrochir (non Günther, 1867)[1]
Polydactylus microstoma (non Bleeker, 1851)[1]
Polynemus gelatinosus McClelland, 1843[2]
Polynemus uronemus Cuvier, 1829[2]
Polynemus sele Hamilton, 1822[2]
Trichidion indicus (Shaw, 1804)[3]
Trichidion indicum (Shaw, 1804)[3]
Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804)[4]
Polynemus indicus Shaw, 1804[2]

The Indian threadfin (Leptomelanosoma indicum[2]) is a coastal fish in the family Polynemidae[5][6] that occurs over muddy flats, in estuaries and sometimes into river mouths in South and Southeast Asia.

References

  1. 1 2 Feltes, R.M. (2001) Polynemidae. Threadfins., p. 3090-3116. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). FAO, Rome.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Motomura, Hiroyuki; Iwatsuki, Yukio (2001). "A new genus, Leptomelanosoma , for the polynemid fish previously known as Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804) and a redescription of the species". Ichthyological Research. 48: 13–21. doi:10.1007/s10228-001-8112-y. (subscription required (help)).
  3. 1 2 Weber, M. and L.F. De Beaufort (1922) The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. IV. Heteromi, Solenichthyes, Synentognathi, Percesoces, Labyrinthici, Microcyprini., E. J. Brill, Leiden, 4:1-410. (A.J. Reprints Agency, New Delhi, India. 410 p.).
  4. Smith, M.M. (1986) Polynemidae., p. 720-721. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  5. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  6. FishBase. Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds), 2011-06-14
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