| Subject | English | German |
| ichtyol. | common threadfin | Bastard-Äsche (Polynemus plebeius) |
| nat.sc., agric. | five-rayed threadfin | Kapitänsfisch (Polynemus quadrifilis) |
| nat.sc., agric. | five-rayed threadfin | Fingerfisch (Polynemus quadrifilis) |
| nat.res. | fourfinger threadfin | Riesenfadenfisch (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) |
| nat.sc., agric. | four-finger threadfin | Riesenfadenfisch (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) |
| ichtyol. | four-fingered threadfin | Indischer Fädler (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) |
| food.ind. | Giant African threadfin | Kapitänsfisch (Polydactylus quadrifilis) |
| nat.sc., agric. | giant African threadfin | Kapitänsfisch (Polynemus quadrifilis) |
| biol. | giant African threadfin | Fingerfisch (Polynemus quadrifilis) |
| ichtyol. | giant threadfin | Indischer Fädler (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) |
| nat.sc., agric. | royal threadfin | Königsfadenfisch (Pentanemus quinquarius) |
| ichtyol. | striped threadfin | Bastard-Äsche (Polynemus plebeius) |
| nat.res. | threadfin breams | Scheinschnapper (Nemipterus spp.) |