About this species
Filistriatus plebeius, the striped threadfin, also known as the common threadfin, Northern threadfin or puttynose, is a species of marine fish native to the Indo-Pacific.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Filistriatus plebeius”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Polyactylus plebeius, Polydactylus agonasi, Polydactylus plebeius, Polydactylus plebejus, Polydactylus plebius, Polynemus agonasi, Polynemus commersonii, Polynemus emoi, Polynemus lineatus, Polynemus lydiae, Polynemus niloticus, Polynemus plebeius, Polynemus plebejus, Polynemus plebius, Polynemus taeniatus, Trichidion plebejum, Trichidion plebejus
Similar species
Blind tassel-fishEleutheronema tetradactylum
- Sevenfinger threadfin
Filimanus heptadactyla
- 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).
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
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