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Polydactylus nigripinnis Munro, 1964

Blackfin threadfin
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Common names: Blackfin threadfin, Black-finned threadfin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in northern Australia, from Cambridge Gulf, Western Australia to Van Diemen Gulf, Northern Territory (Ref. 9685, 57343). Museum: CSIRO CA1806 (conspecific material), from North West Cape to Darwin (Ref. 5978). Also Ref. 3132.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Polynemidae (Threadfins)
Etymology: Polydactylus: Greek, poly = a lot of + greek, daktylos = finger (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal.   Tropical; 6°S - 17°S, 127°E - 147°E (Ref. 57343)

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