The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Threadfin \Thread"fin`\, n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
threadfin n 1: mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays