emoi, Polynemus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:410, 412 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Tahiti, Tana Island, Tropical America, East Indies, Gulf of Bengal, Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], Malabar, Coromandel. No types known. Based in part of Polynemus plebeius Broussonet 1782. •Synonym of Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet 1782) -- (Motomura et al. 2001:118 [ref. 25379], Motomura et al. 2001:301 [ref. 25548], Motomura 2002:186 [ref. 26356], Motomura et al. 2002:275 [ref. 26389], Motomura 2004:7 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:68 [ref. 27970], Kottelat 2013:354 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet 1782). Polynemidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.