threadfin
Any of many fish of the family Polynemidae.
Noun
- 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
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