threadfin

Any of many fish of the family Polynemidae.

Noun

  1. Any of many fish of the family Polynemidae.

Origin

From thread + fin. Named so because of the thread-like free sensory filaments at the base of each of their pectoral fins.

Forms

threadfins threadfin

Derived

African blackspot threadfin Arabian blackspot threadfin Atlantic threadfin Australian threadfin black-finned threadfin blackspot threadfin eightfinger threadfin giant African threadfin Indian sevenfinger threadfin Indian threadfin Javanese threadfin king threadfin largemouth striped threadfin lesser African threadfin littlescale threadfin long-limb threadfin paradise threadfin Persian blackspot threadfin river threadfin royal threadfin sevenfinger threadfin Sheridan's threadfin sixfinger threadfin slender fivefinger threadfin