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Delagoa threadfin bream — Photo: George Henry Ford / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Day F. The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Volume 2. Atlas contai; Commons file: Nemipterus bipunctatus (Day).png

Delagoa threadfin bream

Nemipterus bipunctatus

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English: Delagoa threadfin bream
Scientific: Nemipterus bipunctatus
Dhivehi: No recorded Dhivehi name

Group: Reef fish
Family: Nemipteridae (threadfin and monocle breams)
Maximum size: Up to about 30 cm (total length); commonly 25 cm
Depth and habitat: On or near the bottom, recorded from 18 to 100 m
IUCN status: LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018

Description

A threadfin bream, pinkish above and silvery below, reaching about 30 cm. It lives over sand and mud bottoms.

Sources

fishbase.se /summary/Nemipterus-bipunctatus.html
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nemipterus_bipunctatus_(Day).png

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.