Species that contain: Pentanemus and quinquarius [ 3 ] records

artedii, Polynemus Bennett [E. T.] 1831:146 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 5778] Atlantic coast of northern Africa. No types known. •Synonym of Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Daget & Njock 1986:353 [ref. 6216], Njock 1990:866 [ref. 18540], Motomura 2004:5 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:37 [ref. 27970], Motomura 2004:37 [ref. 27970], Motomura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2626 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus 1758). Polynemidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

macronemus, Polynemus Pel [H. S.] 1851:9-10, Pl. [Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 18526] Gold Coast, Gulf of Guinea ["littoribus Guineae septentrionalis"]. Syntypes: RMNH 6016 (4). •Synonym of Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Daget & Njock 1986:353 [ref. 6216], Motomura 2004:5 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:37 [ref. 27970], Motomura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2626 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus 1758). Polynemidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

quinquarius, Polynemus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:317 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] America [but probably erroneous, probably western coast of Africa]. No types known. Species epithet spelled qvinqvarivs by Kielsen 1835:vi [ref. 30365]. •Valid as Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Daget & Njock 1986:353 [ref. 6216], Njock 1990:866 [ref. 18540], Daget in Lévêque et al. 1992:795 [ref. 21590], Motomura 2004:5 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:37 [ref. 27970], Snoeks & Vreven 2007:445 [ref. 30079], Wirtz et al. 2013:127 [ref. 32972], Motomura in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2626 [ref. 34618], Kang et al. 2017:[2] [ref. 35524], Fermon et al. 2022:230 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus 1758). Polynemidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola. Habitat: brackish, marine.