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Polydactylus
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<h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>There are currently 21 species in the genus:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>Polydactylus approximans</i> (<a href="/facts/George_Tradescant_Lay/CqI47DdQ">Lay</a> & <a href="/facts/Edward_Turner_Bennett/ncmrCGbG">Bennett</a>, 1839) (Blue bobo)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus bifurcus</i> <a href="/facts/Hiroyuki_Motomura/5XJph6Et">Motomura</a>, Kimura & Iwatsuki, 2001 (Slender fivefinger threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus longipes</i> Motomura, Okamoto & Iwatsuki, 2001 (Long-limb threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus luparensis</i> Lim, Motomura & Gambang, 2010 (Sarawak giant threadfin)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Polydactylus_macrochir/PTHFrM27">Polydactylus macrochir</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Albert_G%C3%BCnther/SQzexVaS">Günther</a>, 1867) (King threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus macrophthalmus</i> (<a href="/facts/Pieter_Bleeker/Qu3obMnw">Bleeker</a>, 1858) (River threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus malagasyensis</i> Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001 (African blackspot threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus microstomus</i> (<a href="/facts/Pieter_Bleeker/Qu3obMnw">Bleeker</a>, 1851) (Smallmouth threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus mullani</i> (Hora, 1926) (Arabian blackspot threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus multiradiatus</i> (<a href="/facts/Albert_G%C3%BCnther/SQzexVaS">Günther</a>, 1860) (Australian threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus nigripinnis</i> <a href="/facts/Ian_Stafford_Ross_Munro/a5ug3mlF">Munro</a>, 1964 (Blackfin threadfin)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Polydactylus_octonemus/LpB3L0b5">Polydactylus octonemus</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Girard/1LzxMR7s">Girard</a>, 1858) (Atlantic threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus oligodon</i> (<a href="/facts/Albert_G%C3%BCnther/SQzexVaS">Günther</a>, 1860) (Littlescale threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus opercularis</i> <a href="/facts/Alvin_Seale/WF1xNzBA">Seale</a> & <a href="/facts/Barton_Appler_Bean/f0U35dmu">Bean</a>, 1907 (Yellow bobo)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus persicus</i> Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001 (Persian blackspot threadfin)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Polydactylus_plebeius/lJ3gSSw1">Polydactylus plebeius</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Pierre_Marie_Auguste_Broussonet/zMXa0EYr">Broussonet</a>, 1782) (Striped threadfin)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Polydactylus_quadrifilis/rehILNn1">Polydactylus quadrifilis</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Georges_Cuvier/4mmE7NzN">Cuvier</a>, 1829) (Giant African threadfin)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Polydactylus_sexfilis/ksGQJWG3">Polydactylus sexfilis</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Achille_Valenciennes/6Y6VAjA5">Valenciennes</a>, 1831) (Sixfinger threadfin)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Polydactylus_sextarius/80aphLCt">Polydactylus sextarius</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Marcus_Elieser_Bloch/QmJ7aoJq">Bloch</a> & <a href="/facts/Johann_Gottlob_Schneider/jntznJbV">Schneider</a>, 1801) (Blackspot threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus siamensis</i> Motomura, Iwatsuki & Yoshino, 2001 (Largemouth striped threadfin)</li> <li><i>Polydactylus virginicus</i> (<a href="/facts/Carl_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/facts/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/8H6KJrLJ">1758</a>) (Barbu)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture - Aquatic species". <a href="http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2266/en" target="_blank">http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2266/en</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Polydactylus". FishBase. May 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Polydactylus". FishBase. May 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Polydactylus". FishBase. May 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Polydactylus". FishBase. May 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>