Atlantic threadfin

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Atlantic threadfin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Polynemidae
Genus: Polydactylus
Species: P. octonemus
Binomial name
Polydactylus octonemus
(Girard, 1858)

The Atlantic threadfin, Polydactylus octonemus, is a threadfin native to subtropical and temperate waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It grows up to 23 cm in length.

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