Eleutheronema tetradactylum

Taxobox | name = Fourfinger threadfin


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Polynemidae
genus = Eleutheronema
species = "E. tetradactylum"
binomial = "Eleutheronema tetradactylum"
binomial_authority = (Shaw, 1804)

"Eleutheronema tetradactylum" is a threadfin fish of the Polynemidae family.Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, S. Kimura and T. Yoshino, Revision of the Indo-West Pacific polynemid fish genus "Eleutheronema", 2002, p. 47-61, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=41639 Reference 41639] , FishBase; "Retrieved: 2007-12-16"] This highly commercial fish known for uses in aquaculture occur mainly over shallow muddy bottoms in coastal waters [Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve, Australian fisheries resources, 1993, p. 422, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=41639 Reference 41639] , FishBase; "Retrieved: 2007-12-16"] forming loose schools.Menon, A.G.K. and M. Babun Rao, "Polynemidae", 1984, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=6390 Reference 6390] , FishBase; "Retrieved: 2007-12-16"] Adults of this highly vulnerable species [Cheung, W.W.L., T.J. Pitcher and D.Pauly, A fuzzy logic expert system to estimate intrinsic extinction vulnerabilities of marine fishes to fishing Biol. Conserv, 2005, p. 97-111, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=59153 Reference 59153] , FishBase; "Retrieved: 2007-12-16"] enter rivers during winter. Adults feed on prawns and fish with occasional polychaetes,Motomura, H., Threadfins of the world, 2004, p. 117, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=57343 57343] , FishBase; "Retrieved: 2007-12-16"] while juveniles feed on prawns shrimps and mysids.

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