Paradise threadfin
| Paradise threadfin | |
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| preserved specimen Pakistan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Polynemidae |
| Genus: | Polynemus |
| Species: | P. paradiseus
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| Binomial name | |
| Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus 1758
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| Synonyms | |
The paradise threadfin (Polynemus paradiseus) is a species of catadromous ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae which is found in south and southeast Asia in freshwater rivers where it is a valued food fish.