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polyneme
CIDE DICTIONARY
polyneme, n. [Poly- + Gr. thread.].
Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemidæ . They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish . [1913 Webster]
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