Redspine threadfin bream (Nemipterus nemurus)

Scientific name: Nemipterus nemurus Bleeker, 1857

Redspine threadfin bream (Nemipterus nemurus)

The Redspine threadfin bream (Nemipterus nemurus) is a marine fish of the family Nemipteridae. Native range: Western Central Pacific, including the Philippines, Gulf of Thailand, South China Sea, Strait of Malacca and Indonesia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Suborbital spine absent. Preopercle with three transverse scale rows. Pectoral and pelvic fins moderately long, reaching to or just short of level of anus. A line drawn up from posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile at about 3 to 7 scale rows before origin of dorsal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin produced into a trailing yellow filament. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper body pinkish, pearly white below. Membrane of first 2 dorsal spines bright red superiorly. Golden yellow stripe from posterior nostril through eye and from upper lip to lower eye.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nemipterus nemurus
Family
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
21.0
Common length
17.0
Environment
Marine; demersal; non-migratory
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: including the Philippines, Gulf of Thailand, South China Sea, Strait of Malacca and Indonesia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.28)

Sources

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

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