Species that contain: Polynemus and melanochir and melanochir [ 7 ] records

borneensis, Polynemus Bleeker [P.] 1856:3 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2; ref. 13960] Bandjarmasin, Pontianak and Sampit, Kalimantan, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6013 (3). Original as borneënsis but correction is required. Replacement name for Polynemus macronema Bleeker 1852; preoccupied by Polynemus macronemus Pel 1851. •Valid as Polynemus borneensis Bleeker 1856 -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:128 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:187 [ref. 22772]). •Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Feltes 2001:3115 [ref. 26107]). •Synonym of Polynemus melanochir, subspecies melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Motomura & Sabaj 2002:184 [ref. 26155], Motomura 2004:10 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:89 [ref. 27970], Parenti & Lim 2005:193 [ref. 28285], Motomura & Tsukawaki 2006:463 [ref. 28914], Kottelat 2013:355 [ref. 32989]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831. Polynemidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

dulcis, Polynemus melanochir Motomura [H.] & Sabaj Pérez [M. H.] 2002:182, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Research v. 49 (no. 2); ref. 26155] Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. Holotype: ANSP 178011. Paratypes: AMS I.40968-001 (1), BSKU 14850 (1). •Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831, but a valid subspecies dulcis Motomura & Sabaj Pérez 2002 as described -- (Motomura 2003:162 [ref. 26829], Motomura 2004:10 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:87 [ref. 27970], Motomura & Tsukawaki 2006:462 [ref. 28914], Lim et al. 2010:67 [ref. 30734], Kottelat 2013:356 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831. Polynemidae. Distribution: This subspecies is known only from Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia. Habitat: freshwater.

hilleri, Trichidion Fowler [H. W.] 1905:502, Fig. 11 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 57; ref. 1370] Baram River, Sarawak state, Borneo, East Malaysia. Holotype (unique): ANSP 114895 [ex WIAP 2400]. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:144 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Polynemus hilleri (Fowler 1905) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:128 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:246 [ref. 23210]). •Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Feltes 2001:3115 [ref. 26107]). •Synonym of Polynemus melanochir, subspecies melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Motomura & Sabaj 2002:184 [ref. 26155], Motomura 2004:10 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:89 [ref. 27970], Parenti & Lim 2005:193 [ref. 28285], Kottelat 2013:356 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831. Polynemidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

macronema, Polynemus Bleeker [P.] 1852:419 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 3); ref. 16827] Bandjarmasin and Pontianak; Sampit, Borneo. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 6013 (3). Apparently independent of (and preoccupied by) Polynemus macronemus Pel 1851; replaced by Polynemus borneensis Bleeker 1856. Objectively invalid. •Synonym of Polynemus melanochir, subspecies melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Motomura & Sabaj 2002:184 [ref. 26155], Motomura 2004:10 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:89 [ref. 27970], Kottelat 2013:355 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831. Polynemidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

melanochir, Polynemus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:513 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Kuching Bay, Sarawak, Kalimantan, Malaysia. Neotype: ZRC 37829. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1972:722 [ref. 21541]. Based on a drawing; this drawing reproduced in Feltes 1991:305 [ref. 14760]. Neotype designated by Motomura & Sabaj 2002:184 [ref. 26155]. Two subspecies are recognized: P. melanochir dulcis from Lake Tonle Sap and P. m. melanochir from other localities. •Valid as Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Feltes 1991:304 [ref. 14760], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Motomura et al. 2001:269 [ref. 25705], Feltes 2001:3115 [ref. 26107]). •Valid as Polynemus melanochir, subspecies melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Motomura & Sabaj 2002:184 [ref. 26155], Motomura 2003:162 [ref. 26829], Motomura & van Oijen 2003:406 [ref. 27209], Motomura 2004:10 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:89 [ref. 27970], Parenti & Lim 2005:193 [ref. 28285], Motomura & Tsukawaki 2006:462 [ref. 28914], Lim et al. 2010:67 [ref. 30734], Kottelat 2013:355 [ref. 32989], Kang et al. 2017:[3] [ref. 35524], Psomadakis et al. 2020:500 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:382 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831. Polynemidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Kalimantan, Malaysia and Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

melanopus, Polynemus Sauvage [H.-E.] 1881:101 [1] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 5; ref. 18664] Saigon, southern Vietnam. Syntypes: MNHN A-3048 (2), A-3049 (2). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1972:718-719 [ref. 21541]. On p. 1 of separate. •Synonym of Polynemus melanochir, subspecies melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Motomura & Sabaj 2002:184 [ref. 26155], Motomura 2004:10 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:89 [ref. 27970], Kottelat 2013:356 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831. Polynemidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

microps, Galeoides Steindachner [F.] 1869:126 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 6 (no. 16) (for 17 June 1869); ref. 20469] China [but probably erroneus]. Holotype (unique): NMW 77569. Species later described in more detail in Steindachner 1869:136 [p. 18 of separate] [ref. 4216]. •Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Motomura et al. 2001:269 [ref. 25705]). •Synonym of Polynemus melanochir, subspecies melanochir Valenciennes 1831 -- (Motomura & Sabaj 2002:184 [ref. 26155], Motomura 2004:10 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:89 [ref. 27970], Kottelat 2013:356 [ref. 32989]), Current status: Synonym of Polynemus melanochir Valenciennes 1831. Polynemidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.