Polynemidae

paradise threadfin

Polynemus paradiseus

Thirty Centimeters Polynemid Fish from the Eastern Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The paradise threadfin (Polynemus paradiseus) is a species of catadromous ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae which is found in south and southeast Asia in freshwater rivers where it is a valued food fish.