threadfin

Meaning

Any of many perciform fish of the family Polynemidae.

Synonyms

catfish

fiddler

jack

jacks

threadfish

Chinese nose

Cuban jack

Horse’s friend

Indian salmon

Indian threadfin trevally

bamin

barbu threadfin

beard fish

blind tassel-fish

blind tasselfish

blue salmon

bluenose salmon

blunt-nosed salmon

burnett salmon

ciliated thread-fish

cobblerfish

cooktown salmon

cordonnier

four finger thread fin

four tasselfish

four thread tassel fish

four-finger threadfin

fourfinger threadfin

fourfinger-threadfin

giant threadfin

barbu

African pompano

bastard mullets

colonial salmon

hairfish

pennant fish

thread-finned trevally

king fish

pennant trevally

pennantfish

rockhampton salmon

row ball

thread fin

thread pompano

thread-fin jackfish

threadfin mirrorfish

threadfin pompano

threadfin trevally

threadfinned trevally

Etymology

From thread + fin. Named so because of the thread-like free sensory filaments at the base of each of their pectoral fins.