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blackspot threadfin (Polydactylus sextarius)
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Polynemidae

blackspot threadfin

Polydactylus sextarius

Polynemid Fish from Philippine Waters

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

blackspot threadfin is a fish from Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. Records give a maximum length of 30 cm. Its body is deep body.

Maximum length
30 cm
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: southwestern India to Papua New Guinea, north to Japan. May rarely occur in the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 57343 ). Not in Red Sea (Ref. 84159 ).

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