Sevenfinger threadfin
Filimanus heptadactyla
- Water temperature27–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Sevenfinger threadfin, Seven-fingered threadfin, seven-fingered threadfin, sevenfinger threadfin, seventhread tasselfish
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- barbudo de siete dedos
- French
- barbure à sept doigts
- Indonesian
- laas, laos
Other scientific names: Filimanus heptadactylus, Polydactylus heptadactylus, Polynemus heptadactylus, Trichidion heptadactylum
Similar species
Blind tassel-fishEleutheronema tetradactylum
- blackspotted threadfin
Polydactylus microstoma
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 35 open-data records from 1828 to 2007.
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