Polynemidae, Rafinesque, 1815

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 146-147

Polynemidae

(threadfins)

Eleutheronema tetradactylum ( Shaw, 1804)

Blue Threadfin

Polynemus tetradactylus Shaw, 1804: 155 (Vizagapatnam, India).

Polynemus coecus Macleay, 1878: 354 (Port Darwin).

Polynemus (Eleutheronema) tetradactylus — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 82 (Pellew).

Eleutheronema tetradactylum — Taylor 1964: 144 (East Alligator River); Lyle and Timms 1984: 72 (NT waters); Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 9 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1996: 10 (off Nayarnpi Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 365 (Mindil Beach; Cullen Beach); Larson 1997: 37 (Kakadu); Larson 1998: 34 (Andranangoo Creek, Melville Island); Larson 1999a: 23 (Keep River); Larson 1999b: 40 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 30 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 46 (Kakadu); Motomura et al. 2002: 52 (Port Darwin; Gun [sic] Point, Leeder’s Creek); Larson 2002: 37 (Kakadu); Hoese et al. 2006: 1252 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast). Creek on NE side Milingimbi.

Parapolynemus verekeri ( Saville-Kent, 1889) Streamer Threadfin Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, 1889: 222 ( Ord River , Cambridge Gulf, NW Australia).— Davis and May 1989:

159 (East Alligator River mouth); Feltes 1993: 212 (Finke Bay and Pt Stuart); Larson 1997: 37 (Kakadu);

Larson 1999b: 40 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 30 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 46 (Kakadu); Feltes 2001: 3103

(Port Stuart [sic] Northern Territory); Larson 2002: 37 (Kakadu). Parapolynemus verekeri — Hoese et al. 2006: 1253 (NT; N coast, East Van Diemen Gulf).

Polydactylus macrochir (Günther, 1867)

King Threadfin

Polynemus macrochir Günther, 1867: 60 (New South Wales [erroneous, probably Queensland]).

Polynemus sheridani — Lyle and Timms 1984: 72 (NT waters); Davis 1988: 164 (upstream Buffalo Creek); Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Larson 1997: 37 (Kakadu); Larson 1998: 34 (Andranangoo Creek, Melville Island); Larson 1999b: 40 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 30–31 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 46 (Kakadu); Larson 2002: 37 (Kakadu).

Polydactylus macrochir — Larson and Williams 1997: 365 (Cullen Beach); Motomura et al. 2000: 328 (Kahlin Beach, Darwin; Pococks Beach, West Alligator River; East and South Alligator Rivers); Hoese et al. 2006: 1253 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Reynolds River to East Alligator River.

Polydactylus multiradiatus ( Günther, 1860)

Australian Threadfin

Polynemus multiradiatus Günther, 1860: 324 ( China) .

Polydactylus multiradiatus — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 344 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Motomura et al. 2002: 268 (3.2 km off Sampan Creek, Tommycut Creek; Timor Sea off Darwin); Hoese et al. 2006: 1254 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Polydactylus specularis — Waddy 1988: 48 (Groote Eylandt. Specimen no. 4106 [identification verified by H. Motomura, July 2003]).

Fog Bay; Timor and Arafura Seas.

Polydactylus nigripinnis Munro, 1964

Blackfin Threadfin

Polydactylus nigripinnis Munro, 1964: 156 , fig. 4 (4 km off east head of Purari River, Gulf of Papua).— Sainsbury et al. 1984: 344 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Feltes 2001: 3109 (Van Diemen Gulf); Motomura 2002: 184–185 (Van Diemen Gulf, NT); Hoese et al. 2006: 1254 (NT; N coast, Arafura Sea).