Pentapodus

Pentapodus
Pentapodus aureofasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Nemipteridae
Genus:	Pentapodus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Type species
Pentapodus vitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Synonyms
Leiopsis Anonymous [E. T. Bennett] 1830 Pentapus Valenciennes, 1830 Maenoides J. Richardson, 1843 Heterodon Bleeker, 1845 Heterognathodon Bleeker, 1848 Leptoscolopsis S. Tanaka (I), 1915 Psilopentapodus Fowler, 1933 Parabodianus de Beaufort, 1940 Lunicauda Whitley, 1947

Pentapodus is a genus of threadfin breams native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Pentapodus aureofasciatus B. C. Russell, 2001 (yellowstripe threadfin bream)
• Pentapodus bifasciatus (Bleeker, 1848) (white-shouldered whiptail)
• Pentapodus caninus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (small-toothed whiptail)
• Pentapodus emeryii (J. Richardson, 1843) (double whiptail)
• Pentapodus komodoensis G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Komodo whiptail)
• Pentapodus nagasakiensis (S. Tanaka (I), 1915) (Japanese whiptail)
• Pentapodus numberii G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2009 (Papuan whiptail)
• Pentapodus paradiseus (Günther, 1859) (paradise whiptail)
• Pentapodus porosus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Northwest Australian whiptail)
• Pentapodus setosus (Valenciennes, 1830) (butterfly whiptail)
• Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch, 1791) (three-striped whiptail)
• Pentapodus vitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (striped whiptail)