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Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus, 1758

Paradise threadfin
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Cambodia country information

Common names: Trey priem
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Tonlé Sap (Ref. 36654). Occurrence in the country apparently erroneous (Ref. 31582); reports refer to P. melanochir (H. Motumura, pers. comm. 01/03 ).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Motomura, H., S.O. Kullander, T. Yoshino and Y. Iwatsuki, 2002
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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: Polynemus: Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek,nema = filament (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 25 m (Ref. 31582).   Tropical; 24°N - 11°N, 71°E - 102°E (Ref. 57343)

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Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: west coast of India to Thailand. Probably occurs in Malaysia (Ref. 5756) and Laos (Ref. 9497).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 94495); common length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3479)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives over sandy bottoms, regularly entering freshwaters during breeding season. Feeds mainly on crustaceans (especially shrimps), small fishes and benthic organisms. Marketed fresh (Ref. 3479).

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Motomura, H., S.O. Kullander, T. Yoshino and Y. Iwatsuki, 2002. Review of seven-spined Polynemus species (Perciformes: Polynemidae) with designation of a neotype for Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus, 1758. Ichthyol. Res. 49(4):307-317. (Ref. 31582)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 June 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 27.5 - 28.9, mean 28.4 (based on 157 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00298 - 0.00805), b=3.08 (2.94 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.60 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.