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Striped threadfin
Polydactylus plebeius
Name as used by FishBase. WoRMS gives Filistriatus plebeius as the accepted name. Kept the FishBase name so records match the FishBase checklist.
- English
- Striped threadfin
- Scientific
- Polydactylus plebeius
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Polynemidae (threadfins)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 45 cm (standard length); commonly 30 cm; max. published weight 1.7 kg
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A threadfin, golden to dusky olive-brown above with dark stripes along the scale rows and free, thread-like rays below the pectoral fin used to feel for prey, reaching about 45 cm. It forms loose schools over muddy bottoms.
In the Maldives
WoRMS now places this species in the genus Filistriatus.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Polydactylus-plebeius.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Polydactylus_plebeius,_juvéniles.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.