Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Polynemidae > Polydactylus > Polydactylus quadrifilis

Polydactylus quadrifilis (Threadfin; Spanish; Giant African threadfin; Big Captain)

Synonyms: Polynemus quadrifilis; Trichidion quadrifilis
Language: Creole, Portuguese; Danish; Fang; Fon Gbe; French; Galoa; German; Mandarin Chinese; Mandinka; Nkomi; Other; Pila; Polish; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish; Susu; Swedish; Unknown; Wolof

Wikipedia Abstract

Giant African threadfin (Polydactylus quadrifilis) is a fish species in the family Polynemidae.
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Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Sphyraena afra (Guinean barracuda)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Philometra beninensis[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Lawson, E.O. and A.U. Olagundoye, 2011. Growth patterns, diet composition and sex ratios in giant african threadfin, Polydactylus quadrifilis from ologe lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria. Int. J. Agric. Biol., 13: 559–564
♦ 2Comparative analysis of trophic structure and interactions of two tropical lagoons, M.C. Villanueva, P. Lalèyè, J.-J. Albaret, R. Laë, L. Tito de Morais and J. Moreau, Ecological Modelling, Vol. 197, Issues 3-4 , 25 August 2006, P. 461-477
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0