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Scientific Name Eleutheronema tetradactylum    (Shaw, 1804)
Common Name Fourfinger Threadfin
Type Locality Gariahat, Calcutta, India.
Synonym(s) Eleutheonema tetradactylum, Eleuthronema tetradactylum, Polynemus coecus, Polynemus teria, Polynemus tetradactylus
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Size 2000mm or 78.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia. Replaced by Eleutheronema tetradactylum in East Asia (Japan, China, Viet Nam).
IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Other Parameters Lives in marine and brackish conditions, entering from coastal regions into estuaries.
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Feeding In nature, this speceis will feed on prawns and fish (largely members of Mugilidae, Engraulidae, and Sciaenidae) with occasional polychaetes. Frequency of crustaceans to fish in the diet varies seasonally. User data.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference General zoology or systematic natural history, pp 155.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:51 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:19)