Editing Threadfin (section)

==Genera and species==
[[File:Eleutheronema tetradactylum(Shaw, 1804).jpg|thumb|[[Fourfinger threadfin]] (''Eleutheronema tetradactylum'')]]
[[File:Filimanus heptadactyla.png|thumb|[[Sevenfinger threadfin]] (''Filimanus heptadactyla'')]]
[[File:Elegant paradiseus fish Polynemus multifilis.jpg|thumb|[[Elegant paradise fish]] (''Polynemus multifilis'')]]

The family includes 43 species in eight genera:

* Genus ''[[Eleutheronema]]''
** ''[[Eleutheronema rhadinum]]'' <small>([[David Starr Jordan|Jordan]] & [[Barton Warren Evermann|Evermann]], 1902)</small> (East Asian fourfinger threadfin) 
** ''[[Eleutheronema tetradactylum]]'' <small>(Shaw, 1804)</small> (Fourfinger threadfin)
** ''[[Eleutheronema tridactylum]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1849)</small> (Threefinger threadfin)
* Genus ''[[Filimanus]]''
** ''[[Filimanus heptadactyla]]'' <small>([[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1829)</small> (Sevenfinger threadfin)
** ''[[Filimanus hexanema]]'' <small>(Cuvier 1829)</small> (Javanese threadfin)
** ''[[Filimanus perplexa]]'' <small>Feltes 1991</small> (Splendid threadfin)
** ''[[Filimanus sealei]]'' <small>([[David Starr Jordan|Jordan]] & [[Robert Earl Richardson|Richardson]], 1910)</small> (Eightfinger threadfin)
** ''[[Filimanus similis]]'' <small>Feltes 1991</small> (Indian sevenfinger threadfin)
** ''[[Filimanus xanthonema]]'' <small>([[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1831)</small> (Yellowthread threadfin)
* Genus ''[[Galeoides]]''
** ''[[Galeoides decadactylus]]'' <small>([[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]], 1795)</small> ([[Lesser African threadfin]])
* Genus ''[[Leptomelanosoma]]''
** ''[[Leptomelanosoma indicum]]'' <small>(Shaw, 1804)</small> ([[Indian threadfin]])
* Genus ''[[Parapolynemus]]''
** ''[[Parapolynemus verekeri]]'' <small>([[William Saville-Kent|Saville-Kent]], 1889)</small> ([[Dwarf paradise fish]])
* Genus ''[[Pentanemus]]''
** ''[[Pentanemus quinquarius]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small> ([[Royal threadfin]])
* Genus ''[[Polydactylus]]'' (likely not monophyletic<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Girard|first1=Matthew G.|last2=Davis|first2=Matthew P.|last3=Baldwin|first3=Carole C.|last4=Dettaï|first4=Agnès|last5=Martin|first5=Rene P.|last6=Smith|first6=W. Leo|title=Molecular phylogeny of the threadfin fishes (Polynemidae) using ultraconserved elements|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jfb.14997|journal=Journal of Fish Biology|year=2022|volume=100|issue=3|pages=793–810|language=en|doi=10.1111/jfb.14997|pmid=35137410|bibcode=2022JFBio.100..793G |s2cid=246678758|issn=1095-8649|url-access=subscription}}</ref>)
** ''[[Polydactylus approximans]]'' <small>([[George Tradescant Lay|Lay]] & [[Edward Turner Bennett|Bennett]], 1839)</small> (Blue bobo)
** ''[[Polydactylus bifurcus]]'' <small>[[Hiroyuki Motomura|Motomura]], [[Seishi Kimura|Kimura]] & [[Yukio Iwatsuki|Iwatsuki]], 2001</small> (Slender fivefinger threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus longipes]]'' <small>Motomura, Okamoto & Iwatsuki, 2001</small> (Long-limb threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus luparensis]]'' <small>[[Pek Khiok Annie Lim|Lim]], Motomura & [[Albert Chuan Gambag|Gambang]], 2010</small> (Sarawak giant threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus macrochir]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1867)</small> ([[King threadfin]])
** ''[[Polydactylus macrophthalmus]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1858)</small> (River threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus malagasyensis]]'' <small>Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001</small> (African blackspot threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus microstomus]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1851)</small> (Smallmouth threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus mullani]]'' <small>(Hora, 1926)</small> (Arabian blackspot threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus multiradiatus]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1860)</small> (Australian threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus nigripinnis]]'' <small>[[Ian Stafford Ross Munro|Munro]], 1964</small> (Blackfin threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus octonemus]]'' <small>([[Charles Frédéric Girard|Girard]], 1858)</small> (Atlantic threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus oligodon]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1860)</small> (Littlescale threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus opercularis]]'' <small>[[Alvin Seale|Seale]] & [[Barton Appler Bean|Bean]], 1907</small> (Yellow bobo)
** ''[[Polydactylus persicus]]'' <small>Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001</small> (Persian blackspot threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus plebeius]]'' <small>([[Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet|Broussonet]], 1782)</small> (Striped threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus quadrifilis]]'' <small>([[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1829)</small> (Giant African threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus sexfilis]]'' <small>([[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1831)</small> (Sixfinger threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus sextarius]]'' <small>([[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]] & [[Johann Gottlob Schneider|Schneider]], 1801)</small> (Blackspot threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus siamensis]]'' <small>Motomura, Iwatsuki & [[Tetsue Yoshino|Yoshino]], 2001</small> (Largemouth striped threadfin)
** ''[[Polydactylus virginicus]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small> (Barbu)
* Genus ''[[Polynemus]]''
** ''[[Polynemus aquilonaris]]'' <small>Motomura, 2003</small> ([[Northern paradise fish]])
** ''[[Polynemus bidentatus]]'' <small>Motomura & Tsukawaki, 2006</small>
** ''[[Polynemus dubius]]'' <small>[[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1854</small> ([[Eastern paradise fish]])
** ''[[Polynemus hornadayi]]'' <small>[[George S. Myers|Myers]], 1936</small> ([[Hornaday's paradise fish]])
** ''[[Polynemus kapuasensis]]'' <small>Motomura & [[Martien JP van Oijen|van Oijen]], 2003</small> ([[Kapuas elegant paradise fish]])
** ''[[Polynemus melanochir]]'' <small>[[Achille Valenciennes|Valenciennes]], 1831</small> ([[Blackhand paradise fish]])
** ''[[Polynemus multifilis]]'' <small>[[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]] & [[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1843</small> ([[Elegant paradise fish]])
** ''[[Polynemus paradiseus]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small> ([[Paradise threadfin]])