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Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804)

Fourfinger threadfin
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India country information

Common names: Baameen, Bahmin, Bameen
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Motomura, H., 2004
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Hooghly estuary, Chilka Lake in Orissa (Ref. 45255) and Godavari estuary (Ref. 51036). Enters estuary for breeding (Ref. 4833). One of the most important fisheries species in the country (Ref. 57343). Ascends rivers (Ref. 3479). Also Ref. 3408, 29108, 41639.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Polynemidae (Threadfins)
Etymology: Eleutheronema: Greek, eleutheros = free + Greek, nema = filament (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Shaw.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 23 m (Ref. 6390).   Tropical; 32°N - 26°S, 47°E - 154°E (Ref. 57343)

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