ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
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Polynemidae
Threadfins are silvery grey perciform fish of the family Polynemidae. Found in tropical to subtropical waters throughout the world, the threadfin family contains eight genera and about 40 species. An unrelated species sometimes known by the n ...
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threadfin
Threadfins are silvery grey perciform fish of the family Polynemidae. Found in tropical to subtropical waters throughout the world, the threadfin family contains eight genera and about 40 species. An unrelated species sometimes known by the name ...
s. These fishes occur in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The following species are classified within the genus ''Eleutheronema'':
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Eleutheronema rhadinum
''Eleutheronema'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polynemidae, the threadfins. These fishes occur in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The following species are classified within the genus ''Eleuther ...
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& Evermann, 1902) (East Asian fourfinger threadfin)
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Eleutheronema tetradactylum
''Eleutheronema tetradactylum'', the fourfinger threadfin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae which occurs in the Indian and western Pacific Ocean.
Description
''Eleutheronema tetradactylum'' has two ...