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Filimanus heptadactyla (Sevenfinger-threadfin; Sevenfinger threadfin; Seven-fingered threadfin; Threadfin; Tassel fish)

Synonyms: Filimanus heptadactylus; Polydactylus heptadactylus; Polynemus heptadactylus; Trichidion heptadactylum
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Prey / Diet

Acetes indicus (jawla paste shrimp)[1]
Chanos chanos (Bandang)[2]
Metapenaeus affinis (jinga shrimp)[1]
Mierspenaeopsis hardwickii (spear shrimp)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Leptomelanosoma indicum (Indian threadfin)1
Thryssa malabarica (Moustaced thryssa)1

Predators

Johnius dussumieri (Sin-croaker)[3]
Otolithes ruber (Yankee whiting)[1]
Phalacrocorax varius (Australian Pied Cormorant)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Erilepturus hamati[5]
Neoechinorhynchus topseyi[5]
Opisthodiplomonorchis elongatus[5]
Rhadinorhynchus polynemi[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE DEMERSAL FISHES OFF BOMBAY, C. SUSEELAN AND K.V. SOMASEKHARAN NAIR, 1969, Indian J. Fish. 16 : 56-74
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF JOHNIEOPS SINA (CUVIER), K V Somasekharan Nair, Indian Journal of Fisheries, Vol 27, No 1 & 2 (1980), p. 24-34
♦ 4Feeding ecology of the piscivorous birds Phalacrocorax varius, P. melanoleucos and Sterna_her i in Moreton Bay, Australia: diets and dependence on trawler discards, S. J.M. Blaber and T.J. Wassenberg, Marine Marine Biology 101, 1-10(1989)
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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