Biology:Eleutheronema

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Eleutheronema
Eleutheronema tetradactylum(Shaw, 1804).jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Polynemidae
Genus: Eleutheronema
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Polynemus tetradactylus
Shaw, 1804[1]

Eleutheronema is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polynemidae, the threadfins. These fishes occur in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2]

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Eleutheronema:

  • Eleutheronema rhadinum (Jordan & Evermann, 1902) (East Asian fourfinger threadfin)
  • Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804) (Fourfinger threadfin)
  • Eleutheronema tridactylum (Bleeker, 1849) (Threefinger threadfin)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q782164 entry