Yellow-lip threadfin bream (Nemipterus aurifilum)

Scientific name: Nemipterus aurifilum Ogilby, 1910

Yellow-lip threadfin bream (Nemipterus aurifilum)

The Yellow-lip threadfin bream (Nemipterus aurifilum) 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 and pelvic fins not reaching to level of origin of anal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin produced into a long trailing filament. First dorsal spine short. A line drawn upwards from posterior edge of the suborbital reaching the dorsal profile at or behind origin of dorsal fin. Axillary scale present. Color: upper part of body red, shading through rose-pink on the sides to pearly-white on the ventral surface. Can be distinguished from N. bathybius by having a more slender body, wider interorbital and shorter pectoral fins.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nemipterus aurifilum
Family
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
18.5
Common length
14.0
Depth range
24–220 m (79–722 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 24 - 220 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia, from southern Queensland to northern New South Wales. This species is very similar to Nemipterus bathybius.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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