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Japanese threadfin bream
Nemipterus japonicus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Japanese threadfin bream
- Scientific
- Nemipterus japonicus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 34 cm (total length); commonly 25 cm; max. published weight 5960 g
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 5 to 80 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A pink threadfin bream with yellow stripes and a long filament on the upper tail lobe, reaching about 34 cm. It schools over mud and sand in coastal waters.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Nemipterus-japonicus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nemipterus_japonicus_Pakistan.png
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.