:Polydactylus

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Polydactylus plebeius, juvéniles.jpg

| image_caption = Young Polydactylus plebeius

| taxon = Polydactylus

| authority= Lacépède, 1803{{Cof record|genid=563|title=Polydactylus|access-date=15 April 2020}}

| type_species = Polydactylus plumierii, a synonym of Polydactylus virginicus

| type_species_authority = Lacepède, 1803

}}

Polydactylus is a genus of threadfin that mainly are native to the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, especially in coastal or brackish waters (such as mangrove or estuaries).{{Cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2266/en|title=FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture - Aquatic species}}{{FishBase genus | genus = Polydactylus | month = May | year = 2017}} Some may even enter rivers and a single, P. macrophthalmus, is a freshwater fish from rivers in Borneo.

Most species do not surpass {{convert|72|cm|ft|abbr=on|1}} in standard length, but two can reach up to {{convert|1.7-2|m|ft|abbr=on}}.