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In Australia it is known as the blue threadfin, although other names include blind tassel-fish, blue salmon, bluenose salmon, blunt-nosed salmon, burnett salmon, Colonial salmon, Cooktown salmon, giant threadfin, kingfish, Rockhampton kingfish, Rockhampton salmon, tassel-fish and threadfin. [5] In India names used include Gurjali fish in ...
The species' name has been given as Alectis indicus in the literature, however the genus Alectis is feminine and thus the spelling indica is the correct one. [5] [6] The common name of the species, 'Indian threadfish' or 'Indian threadfin' refers to its distribution which includes Indian waters, and the characteristic elongated dorsal fins in ...
This feature explains both the common name threadfin and the family name Polynemidae, from the Greek poly meaning "many" and nema meaning "filament." Similar species, such as the mullets (family Mugilidae ) and milkfish (family Chanidae ), can be easily distinguished from threadfins by their lack of filamentous pectoral rays .
Evynnis cardinalis, the threadfin porgy or cardinal seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This fish is found in the Western Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Eastern Asia. It is an important food fish but is classified by the IUCN as Endangered.
Eleutheronema is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polynemidae, ... (Shaw, 1804) (Fourfinger threadfin) Eleutheronema tridactylum (Bleeker, 1849 ...
Nemipterus japonicus, the Japanese threadfin bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin and whiptail breams. This species is found in the Indo Pacific region and is an important food fish.
Polydactylus is a genus of threadfin that mainly are native to the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, especially in coastal or brackish waters (such as mangrove or estuaries). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Some may even enter rivers and a single, P. macrophthalmus , is a freshwater fish from rivers in Borneo .
The golden threadfin bream is a demersal fish which is found at depths between 1 and 220 m (3 and 722 ft) typically between 18 and 33 m (60 and 110 ft), although juveniles tend to be in shallower water than the adults, over sandy and muddy substrates. [2]