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Forktail threadfin bream
Nemipterus furcosus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Forktail threadfin bream
- Scientific
- Nemipterus furcosus
- Dhivehi
- ދޮން ކަނޑުއުނިޔަDhon kandu uniya
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 24 cm (standard length); commonly 18 cm (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 22.5 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 8 to 110 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A threadfin bream, pale iridescent pink with faint crossbars on the back and a white-edged lower tail lobe. It lives over sand and mud at about 8 to 110 m and feeds by day on crustaceans and small fish.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name dhon kandu uniya (MRS 1997). MRS notes it is not commonly caught but appears occasionally at the Malé fish market.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Nemipterus-furcosus.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ދޮން_ކަނޑުއުނިޔަ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nemipterus_furcosus_JNC1121.JPG
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Dhon kandu uniya' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ދޮން ކަނޑުއުނިޔަ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.