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Nemipterus hexodon (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Ornate threadfin bream
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Etymology: Nemipterus: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 10 - 80 m (Ref. 9785). Tropical; 27°N - 28°S, 93°E - 165°E (Ref. 3810)

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Western Pacific: Andaman Sea to the Solomon Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 108462); common length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9785)

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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 fins long, reaching to or beyond level of anus. Pelvic fins very long, reaching to or just beyond level of anus. A line drawn up from posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile at about 2 to 6 scale rows before origin of dorsal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin slightly longer than lower, tipped with yellow. Females predominate at small sizes, males at larger sizes. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper body pinkish, silvery white below.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs on mud or sand bottoms. Most abundant in depths of 20 to 50 m. Feeds mainly on small shrimps, squid, small fishes and benthic animals.

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Females predominate at small sizes and males at larger sizes as result of faster growth rates in males.

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Russell, B.C., 1990. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 12. Nemipterid fishes of the world. (Threadfin breams, whiptail breams, monocle breams, dwarf monocle breams, and coral breams). Family Nemipteridae. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of nemipterid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(12):149p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 3810)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25 - 29, mean 28.1 °C (based on 1040 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.01202 - 0.01738), b=2.97 (2.93 - 3.01), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 1.4 (1.1 - 2.3) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 12 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.4-0.6).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (19 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 525 [123, 997] mg/100g; Iron = 1.51 [0.47, 4.18] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.1, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.28 [0.13, 0.62] g/100g; Selenium = 36 [14, 111] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.3 [4.1, 98.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.781 [0.446, 2.664] mg/100g (wet weight);