Parapolynemus

Parapolynemus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Polynemidae
Genus: Parapolynemus
Feltes, 1993
Species: P. verekeri
Binomial name
Parapolynemus verekeri
(Saville-Kent), 1899
Synonyms

Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1899

Parapolynemus is a monotypic genus in the threadfin family Polynemidae. It contains one species, Parapolynemus verekeri - the dwarf threadfin, native to Australia and Indonesia.[1]


References

  1. Feltes, Ross M. (1993). "Parapolynemus, a New Genus for the Polynemid Fish Previously Known as Polynemus verekeri". Copeia (1): 207–15. doi:10.2307/1446312. JSTOR 1446312.


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