Japanese threadfin bream (Nemipterus japonicus)

Scientific name: Nemipterus japonicus Bloch, 1791

Japanese threadfin bream (Nemipterus japonicus)

The Japanese threadfin bream (Nemipterus japonicus) is a marine fish of the family Nemipteridae.

Biology

Very abundant in coastal waters, found on mud or sand bottoms, usually in schools. Feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans, mollusks (mainly cephalopods), polychaetes and echinoderms. Marketed mainly fresh, but also frozen, steamed, dried-salted, dry-smoked, fermented or made into fish balls and fish meal.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nemipterus japonicus
Family
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
32.0
Common length
25.0
Depth range
5–80 m (16–262 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 5 - 80 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific. A report on Nemipterus japonicus as a Red Sea immigrant into the Mediterranean is unconfirmed, however it has recently (2005) been reported from Haifa Bay. Likewise, a record of this species from northwestern Australia is unfounded.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.29-1.06; tm= 0.5-1.4; tmax=8; Fec = 13,900)

Sources

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

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