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The threadfin rainbowfish or featherfin rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri) is a rainbowfish, the only species in the genus Iriatherina.It is characterized by long beautiful fins, and is among the most attractive of the rainbowfishes.
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 .
Eleutheronema tetradactylum, the fourfinger threadfin, known as ranwas in India is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae which occurs in the Indian and western Pacific Ocean.
Nemipteridae has Nemipterus as its type genus and this name is a compound of nematos, meaning "thread", and pterus, which means "fin", and this is a reference to the filaments on the dorsal and caudal fin rays of the type species of Nemipterus, Dentex filamentosus.
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Almost all rainbowfish species are bred in captivity and wild populations may be protected. [66] Threadfin rainbowfish: Iriatherina werneri: 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) New Guinea rainbowfish: Melanotaenia affinis: 13 cm (5.1 in) Boeseman's rainbowfish: Melanotaenia boesemani: 10–13 cm (3.9–5.1 in) Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish: Melanotaenia parva
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