Dwarf threadfin bream (Nemipterus balinensoides)

Scientific name: Nemipterus balinensoides Popta, 1918

Dwarf threadfin bream (Nemipterus balinensoides)

The Dwarf threadfin bream (Nemipterus balinensoides) is a brackish-water fish of the family Nemipteridae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Suborbital spine absent. Preopercle with 3 transverse scale rows. Pectoral fins short, not reaching to anus. Pelvic fins moderately long, reaching to or just beyond anus. Upper lobe of caudal fin slightly longer than lower lobe. A line drawn up from the posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile behind origin of dorsal fin. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper part of body pale silvery-rose, silvery below. Can be distinguished from N. balinensis by its shallower suborbital depth (4.1 to 6.7 in eye) and shorter pectoral fin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nemipterus balinensoides
Family
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
14.0
Common length
9.0
Depth range
30–80 m (98–262 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 30 - 80 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Phuket Island, Andaman Sea, the Philippines, Indonesia, and New Caledonia. This species has been referred to as Nemipterus balinensis by authors.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.4)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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