After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Polynemidae (threadfins; rihmaevät) [N: 7/33] [FB: 6/32] |--o Eleutheronema [2] | |-- E. tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804) (Fourfinger threadfin) | `-- E. tridactylum (Bleeker, 1849) (Threefinger threadfin) |--o Filimanus [6] | |-- F. heptadactylus (Cuvier, 1829) (Sevenfinger threadfin) | |-- F. hexanema (Cuvier, 1829) (Javanese threadfin) | |-- F. perplexa Feltes, 1991 (Splendid threadfin) | |-- F. sealei (Jordan & Richardson, 1910) (Eightfinger threadfin) | |-- F. similis Feltes, 1991 | `-- F. xanthonema (Valenciennes, 1831) (Yellowthread threadfin) |-- Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch, 1795) (Lesser African threadfin) |-- Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Royal threadfin) |?- Parapolynemus |--o Polydactylus Lacépède; Tert. EEu. R. Oc. [15] | |-- P. approximans (Lay & Bennett, 1839) (Blue bobo) | |-- P. indicus (Shaw, 1804) (Indian threadfin) | |-- P. longipes Motomura, Okamoto & Iwatsuki, 2001 (Long-limp threadfin) | |-- P. macrochir (Günther, 1867) (King threadfin) | |-- P. macrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858-59) (River threadfin) | |-- P. microstoma (Bleeker, 1851) (Small-mouthed threadfin) | |-- P. multiradiatus (Günther, 1860) (Australian threadfin) | |-- P. nigripinnis Munro, 1964 (Black-finned threadfin) | |-- P. octonemus (Girard, 1858) (Atlantic threadfin) | |-- P. oligodon (Günther, 1860) (Littlescale threadfin) | |-- P. opercularis (Gill, 1863) (Yellow bobo) | |-- P. plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) (Striped threadfin) | |-- P. quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829) (rihmaevä Giant African threadfin)) | |-- P. sexfilis (Cuvier, 1831) [incl. P. kuru (Bleeker)] (Sixfinger threadfin) | |-- P. sextarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Blackspot threadfin) | `-- P. virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Barbu) `--o Polynemus [Polistonemus] [7] |-- P. dubius Bleeker, 1853 (Eastern paradise fish) |-- P. hornadayi Myers, 1936 (Hornaday's paradise fish) |-- P. longipectoralis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 |-- P. melanochir Valenciennes, 1831 (Blackhand paradise fish) |-- P. multifilis Schlegel, 1843 [Polistonemus] (Elegant paradiseus fish) |-- P. paradiseus Linnaeus, 1758 (Paradise threadfin) `-- P. verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889 (Dwarf paradise fish)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
–Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Motomura, H., Okamoto, M. & Iwatsuki, Y., 2001: Description of a new species of threadfin (Teleostei: Perciformes: Polynemidae), Polydactylus longipes, from Mindanao Island, Philippines.
–Copeia: Vol. 101, #4, pp. 1087-1092 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600