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Polydactylus nigripinnis Munro, 1964 Blackfin threadfin |
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photo by
CSIRO |
| Family: | Polynemidae (Threadfins) | |||
| Max. size: | 20 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; brackish; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the Arafura Sea. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Body uniformly golden-silver. Pectoral fin rays unbranched, blackish; tip of uppermost filament reaching to or just short of level of posterior tip of upper part of pectoral fin (Ref. 41110). | |||
| Biology: | Collected off river mouths as well as offshore (Ref. 57343). Inhabits coastal waters over sand or mud bottoms (Ref. 3132). Known to be taken at 150 m in the Gulf of Carpentaria but typically from a much shallower depth (Ref. 3132). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||