Lesser African threadfin

Lesser African threadfin
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Polynemidae
Genus: Galeoides
Species:
G. decadactylus
Binomial name
Galeoides decadactylus
(Bloch, 1795)
Synonyms
  • Polynemus decadactylus Bloch, 1795
  • Polynemus polydactylus Vahl, 1798
  • Galeoides polydactylus (Vahl, 1798)
  • Polynemus enneadactylus Cuvier, 1829
  • Polynemus astrolabi Sauvage, 1881

The lesser African threadfin (Galeoides decadactylus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae which is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Africa.