family Polynemidae

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Noun1.family Polynemidae - threadfinsfamily Polynemidae - threadfins        
Polynemidae
fish family - any of various families of fish
order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
threadfin - mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
genus Polydactylus, Polydactylus - a genus of Polynemidae
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The Atlantic threadfin, which anglers erroneously refer to a glass-nose whiting (due in part to its transparent nose), is no whiting at all, but a representative of family Polynemidae. The glass-nose, and two closely-related species, which average a foot in length, are typically caught while fishing for croakers or whiting with shrimp or small sand fleas.
Surf cast of characters: sorting out mistaken identity cases involving Florida's popular surf catches
A giant African threadfin, Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829) is a member of the Family Polynemidae. Threadfins are of considerable importance in commercial fisheries in tropical and subtropical seas.
Family Polynemidae, Rafinesque 1815-threadfins, p: 18.
Growth Patterns, Diet Composition and Sex Ratios in Giant African Threadfin, Polydactylus quadrifilis from Ologe Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria
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