Taxonomy of Finfish (1+2)

3.3.9.1.16 Polynemidae (Thread fins/Tassel fishes)

• Head scaly; conical snout, projecting beyond the mouth, mouth large.
• Spinous part of dorsal fin well separated from rays part; first with 7 or 8 feeble spines.
• Pectoral fins in two parts, the upper normal, the lower with 3 or more free filamentous rays.
• Lateral line extending upto caudal fin.

Eg. Polynemus sextarius