Notchedfin threadfin bream (Nemipterus peronii)

Scientific name: Nemipterus peronii Valenciennes, 1830

Notchedfin threadfin bream (Nemipterus peronii)

The Notchedfin threadfin bream (Nemipterus peronii) is a brackish-water fish of the family Nemipteridae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea to Taiwan and northern Australia. This species name has been misapplied to Nemipterus furcosus.

Biology

Occurs on sand or mud bottoms and feeds on fish, crustaceans, mollusks and polychaetes. Usually in small groups; flighty during the day. Trawled in commercial quantities in the Straits of Malacca and off the Terengganu coast, South China Sea.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nemipterus peronii
Family
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
29.0
Common length
17.0
Depth range
17–100 m (56–328 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 17 - 100 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Taiwan and northern Australia. This species name has been misapplied to Nemipterus furcosus.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1)

Sources

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

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