Family : Polynemidae (Threadfins)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Australian threadfin
Fish Name : Polydactylus multiradiatus
Max size : 21.0 cm FL (male/unsexed; Ref. 1844); 24.5 cm FL (female)
Environment : demersal ; depth range 10 - 56 m
Climate : tropical; 4°S - 34°S
Global Importance : fisheries: of no interest
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: known only from southern Indonesia (Timor and Arafura seas) and northern Australia (Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia to Clarence River, New South Wales) (Ref. 9685). The type locality (China) may most likely be erroneous.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Inhabits coastal waters over sand or mud bottoms. Feeds on prawns. Often taken in association with Penaeus prawns in the Gulf of Carpentaria
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Motomura, H.. 2004. (Ref. 57343)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : questionable
Salinity : brackish
Uses : no uses