xanthonemus, Polynemus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:517 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Puducherry, India. Lectotype: MNHN A-3033 (larger specimen). Paralectotypes: MNHN A-3033 (smaller specimen). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1972:720 [ref. 21541]. Lectotype selected by Feltes 1991:319 [ref. 14760]. •Valid as Polydactylus xanthonemus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Mishra & Krishnan 1993:290 [ref. 23743]). •Valid as Filimanus xanthonema (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Feltes 1991:318 [ref. 14760], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Motomura et al. 2000:20 [ref. 25298], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:253 [ref. 27511], Feltes 2001:3102 [ref. 26107], Motomura 2004:3 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:29 [ref. 27970], Motomura 2009:169 [ref. 30446], Barman & Mishra 2010:15 [ref. 41389], Kang et al. 2017:[2] [ref. 35524], Psomadakis et al. 2020:497 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:239 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Filimanus xanthonema (Valenciennes 1831). Polynemidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: east coast of India and Myanmar east to western Indonesia. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.