Species that contain: Galeoides and decadactylus [ 4 ] records

astrolabi, Polynemus Sauvage [H.-E.] 1881:102 [2] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 5; ref. 18664] Mauritius [probably erroneous, probably western coast of Africa]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-9727. On p. 2 of separate. •Synonym of Polydactylus sextarius (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Fricke 1999:307 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch 1795) -- (Motomura et al. 2001:197 [ref. 25384] with comments on locality, Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:31 [ref. 27970], Motomura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2624 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch 1795). Polynemidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

decadactylus, Polynemus Bloch [M. E.] 1795:26, Pl. 401 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 9; ref. 464] Guinea. Holotype (unique): ZMB 569 (1, poor condition). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:116 [ref. 24282]. On p. 18 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 12 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch 1795) -- (Monod 1973:575 [ref. 7193], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:1205 [ref. 13677], Daget & Njock 1986:352 [ref. 6216], Njock 1990:865 [ref. 18540], Daget in Lévêque et al. 1992:793 [ref. 21590], Afonso et al. 1999:75 [ref. 25466], Motomura et al. 2001:269 [ref. 25705], Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:31 [ref. 27970], Snoeks & Vreven 2007:445 [ref. 30079], Wirtz et al. 2007:35 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:127 [ref. 32972], Félix et al. 2016:D [4] [ref. 34346], Motomura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2624 [ref. 34618], Kang et al. 2017:[2] [ref. 35524], Almeida & Alves 2019:271 [ref. 37509], Reiner 2019:219 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2021:49 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:230 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch 1795). Polynemidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Namibia, including Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

enneadactylus, Polynemus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:392 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Tangier, Morocco, Strait of Gibraltar, eastern Atlantic. No types known. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1972:728 [ref. 21541]. Appeared as name only in Cuvier 1829:155 [ref. 995]. •Synonym of Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch 1795) -- (Daget & Njock 1986:352 [ref. 6216], Motomura et al. 2001:198 [ref. 25384], Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:31 [ref. 27970], Motomura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2624 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch 1795). Polynemidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

polydactylus, Polynemus Vahl [M.] 1798:164 [Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet Kiøbenhavn v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 17848] Near Tangier, Morocco, Strait of Gibraltar, eastern Atlantic. No types known. •Synonym of Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch 1795) -- (Monod 1973:575 [ref. 7193], Daget & Njock 1986:352 [ref. 6216], Njock 1990:865 [ref. 18540], Motomura et al. 2001:198 [ref. 25384], Motomura & van Oijen 2003:403 [ref. 27209], Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27601], Motomura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2624 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch 1795). Polynemidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.