heptadactylus, Polynemus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:390 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. No types known. Non-types: SMF 425 [ex RMNH in 1829] (2) Java. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1972:722 [ref. 21541]. Based on a drawing; this drawing reproduced in Feltes 1991:313 [ref. 14760]. •Valid as Polydactylus heptadactylus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:909 [ref. 20764], Moazzam & Osmany 2025:371 [ref. 42147]). •Valid as Filimanus heptadactyla (Cuvier 1829) -- (Feltes 1991:312 [ref. 14760], Kottelat et al. 1993:128 [ref. 23448], Mishra & Krishnan 1993:290 [ref. 23743], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:621 [ref. 25122], Motomura et al. 2001:204 [ref. 25385], Feltes 2001:3098 [ref. 26107], Motomura 2004:3 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:23 [ref. 27970], Kottelat 2013:353 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2019:173 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 13 [ref. 38321]). Current status: Valid as Filimanus heptadactyla (Cuvier 1829). Polynemidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern coast of Malay Peninsula and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). IUCN (2025): Not Assessed. Record from Pakistan needs verification. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.