Polynemus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:317 Masc. Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Name placed on Official List and type species designated in Opinion 93. Type also designated by Desmarest 1856:209 [ref. 17401] -- see Whitley 1939:222 [ref. 25866] but Whitley has wrong date for Desmarest. Spelled Polinemus by Bonnaterre 1788:182 [ref. 4940]. •Valid as Polynemus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Jayaram 1981:347 [ref. 6497], de Sylva 1984:540 [ref. 13667], Daget & Njock 1986:353 [ref. 6216], Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:166 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:268 [ref. 24860], Feltes 1993:214 [ref. 20316], Motomura & Iwatsuki 2001:17 [ref. 25242], Motomura et al. 2001:290 [ref. 25546], Feltes 2001:3094 [ref. 26107], Motomura 2002:171 [ref. 26356], Motomura et al. 2002:359 [ref. 26500], Motomura et al. 2002:307 [ref. 26494], Motomura 2003:162 [ref. 26829], Motomura & van Oijen 2003:393 [ref. 27209], Ataur Rahman 2003:293 [ref. 31338], Motomura 2004:9 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:79 [ref. 27970], Motomura & Tsukawaki 2006:459 [ref. 28914], Kottelat 2013:355 [ref. 32989], Kang et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35524]). Current status: Valid as Polynemus Linnaeus 1758. Polynemidae.