Atlantic threadfin

Atlantic threadfin
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Polynemidae
Genus: Polydactylus
Species:
P. octonemus
Binomial name
Polydactylus octonemus
(Girard, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Polynemus octonemus Girard, 1858
  • Trichidion octofilis Gill, 1861

The Atlantic threadfin (Polydactylus octonemus) is a species of ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae native to subtropical and temperate waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.