| Family: |
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams) |
| Max. size: |
16.09 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: from southern Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, southern China and Vietnam, south to n. and nw. Australia; also Singapore, Gulf of Thailand, South China Sea, East Malaysia, w. Indonesia, and the Philippines. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7; Vertebrae: 22-22. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: head scaly except for subopercle (naked) with numerous small pores; scales on top of head reaching forward to between the anterior nostrils and snout tip; lower margin of eye tangent to a line from snout tip to upper pectoral-fin base; suborbital with a large retrorse spine (a small antrorse spine also sometimes present on third infraorbital, immediately above suborbital spine); posterior margin of preopercle serrate or denticulate, the lower edge smooth; second anal-fin spine is longer and more robust than first or third anal-fin spines; most body scales, except for breast and caudal peduncle, are with greenish yellow spot (spots darker in live fishes); caudal peduncle yellowish; a broad white bar from nape onto operculum; suborbital with obscure, rectangular, white patch; a white band beneath lateral line is never present; upper limb of opercular margin blackish, lower limb is reddish orange; upper base of pectoral fin has a small wedge-shaped dark spot; fins are yellow (Ref. 130620). |
| Biology: |
Usually found on sand or mud bottoms near reefs in depths up to about 30 m (Ref. 130620). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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