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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Polynemidae (Threadfins)
Etymology: Polynemus: Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek,nema = filament (Ref. 45335); aquilonaris: From the Latin for northern, in reference to the northern distribution (Indochina) of the species, compared with that of the related Polynemus dubius (Ref. 49954).

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Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong River systems and from Lake Tonle Sap and related rivers.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 49954)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 19; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13; Vertebrae: 25. Eight first dorsal fin spines; 7 pectoral filaments, upper 2 filaments longer than TL; vomer with villiform teeth; orbit diameter 4% of SL; posterior portion of maxilla less than orbit diameter (Ref. 49954).

Found on sandy or muddy bottoms of freshwater rivers and estuaries (Ref. 49954). Feeds on small crustaceans, small fishes, and benthic organisms (Ref. 57343). Exported to Japan as an ornamental fish (Ref. 57343). Esteemed food fish in the Chao Phraya and Mekong rivers and at Tonle Sap Lake (Ref. 57343).

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Motomura, H., 2004. Threadfins of the world (Family Polynemidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of polynemid species known to date. FAO Spec. Cat. Fish. Purp. Rome: FAO. 3:117 p. (Ref. 57343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 March 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00308 - 0.01483), b=3.10 (2.91 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.56 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Polynemus aquilonaris Motomura, 2003