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The threadfin rainbowfish was described by Herman Meinkin in 1974 from types collected in Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. [4] Meinken honoured the German aquarium fish trader Arthur Werner, who collected the type, in the specific name .
Ranging in length from 11 cm (4.5 in) in the dwarf threadfin (Parapolynemus verekeri) to 2 m (6.6 ft) in fourfinger threadfin (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) and giant African threadfin (Polydactylus quadrifilis), threadfins are both important to commercial fisheries as a food fish, and popular among anglers. Their habit of forming large schools ...
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.
As an example, the much lauded size of 3" max for M. boesemani is far from the 6" it can grow to if it lives 10 years in captivity. My boesemani are about 1½ years old and all are close to 3.5" already Roan Art 02:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC) Roan Art, you seem to be more knowledgeble on rainbowfish tham most of us.
Many species of fish are found in the river including Sailfin Glassfish, Macleay's Glassfish, Barred Grunter, Fly-specked Hardyhead and Pennyfish, Goby, Flathead Goby, Giant Gudgeon, Empire Gudgeon, Threadfin Rainbowfish, Barramundi, Diamond Mullet, Rainbowfish, Western Rainbowfish, Black-banded Rainbowfish, Chequered Rainbowfish, Bony Bream, Black Catfish, Rendahl's Catfish, Seven-spot ...
Polydactylus plebeius is a medium-sized threadfin which attains a maximum total length of 45 centimetres (18 in) but is more commonly 30 centimetres (12 in). [1] It has a pointed snout and the dorsal profile of the head is nearly straight.
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.
The Atlantic threadfin is a medium-sized species of threadfin which grows to a maximum total length of 30 centimetres (12 in), although most fish have a total length of around 25 centimetres (9.8 in). [2] It has a pointed snout and an almost straight dorsal profile on its head. [3]