Polydactylus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:419 Masc. Polydactylus plumierii Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Polynemus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Daget & Njock 1986:353 [ref. 6216]). •Valid as Polydactylus Lacepède 1803 -- (Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:396 [ref. 14275], de Sylva 1984:540 [ref. 13667], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:121 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:721 [ref. 5712], Ataur Rahman 1989:270 [ref. 24860], Daget in Lévêque et al. 1992:794 [ref. 21590], Feltes 1993:214 [ref. 20316], Mishra & Krishnan 1993:285 [ref. 23743], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:353 [ref. 24550], Motomura & Iwatsuki 2001:17 [ref. 25242], Motomura et al. 2001:290 [ref. 25546], Motomura & Iwatsuki 2001:337 [ref. 25783], Motomura et al. 2001:1087 [ref. 25826], Feltes 2001:3091 [ref. 26107], Motomura 2002:171 [ref. 26356], Motomura et al. 2002:268 [ref. 26389], Motomura et al. 2002:358 [ref. 26500], Feltes 2003:1579 [ref. 27096], Ataur Rahman 2003:295 [ref. 31338], Motomura 2004:5 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:39 [ref. 27970], Motomura et al. 2005:2 [ref. 28177], Hoese et al. 2006:1253 [ref. 29092], Snoeks & Vreven 2007:445 [ref. 30079], Lim et al. 2010:63 [ref. 30734], Motomura et al. 2011:159 [ref. 31633], Béarez et al. 2011:167 [ref. 31636], Kottelat 2013:354 [ref. 32989], Kang et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35524], Motomura et al. 2017:180 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:222 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:173 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Polydactylus Lacepède 1803. Polynemidae.