Palefin threadfin bream (Nemipterus thosaporni)

Scientific name: Nemipterus thosaporni Russell, 1991

Palefin threadfin bream (Nemipterus thosaporni)

The Palefin threadfin bream (Nemipterus thosaporni) 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. Lower edge of eye touching or just above a line from tip of snout to upper pectoral-fin base; lower edge of suborbital slightly emarginate. Dorsal fin origin about 3-7 scale rows from imaginary line projected upward from posterior edge of suborbital to dorsal profile. Pectoral and pelvic fins long, reaching to or just short of level of anal-fin origin. Closely resembles N. bathybius Snyder, but has no yellow stripe on either side of the ventral midline and the upper tip of the caudal fin not drawn into a distinct filament. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper part pinkish, silvery below.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nemipterus thosaporni
Family
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
21.5
Common length
16.0
Depth range
10–80 m (33–262 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 80 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Strait of Malacca and Gulf of Thailand to southern Japan. This species has been previously misidentified as Nemipterus marginatus by most authors.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=5; k >0.30)

Sources

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

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