Fork-tailed threadfin bream (Nemipterus furcosus)

Scientific name: Nemipterus furcosus Valenciennes, 1830

Fork-tailed threadfin bream (Nemipterus furcosus)

The Fork-tailed threadfin bream (Nemipterus furcosus) is a marine 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 moderately long, reaching to or just short of level of anus. Pelvic fins moderately long, reaching to or just short of level anus. A line drawn up from posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile at about the origin of dorsal fin. Females predominate at small sizes while males dominate the larger size classes. Maybe a sequential hermaphrodite. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper body iridescent pink, silvery white below. Lower margin of caudal fin white.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nemipterus furcosus
Family
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
24.0
Common length
18.0
Depth range
8–110 m (26–361 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 8 - 110 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indian Ocean: Maldives, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea, Strait of Malacca and northwestern Australia. Western Pacific: southern Japan to northeastern Australia, Most authors have incorrectly applied the name Nemipterus peronii to this species.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
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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