Slender threadfin bream
Nemipterus zysron
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Slender threadfin bream
- Scientific
- Nemipterus zysron
- Dhivehi
- ޖަންބު ކަނޑުއުނިޔަJanbu kandu uniya
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 34 cm (total length); commonly 21 cm; max. published weight 3950 g (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 18.5 cm
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 10 to 125 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A slender threadfin bream, reddish above and silvery below, with a yellow-edged dorsal fin, yellow spots on the anal fin and a long yellow filament on the upper tail lobe. It swims in groups over sand near rocks at about 10 to 125 m.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name janbu kandu uniya (MRS 1997). MRS notes it appears rather uncommon in the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Nemipterus-zysron.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ޖަންބު_ކަނޑުއުނިޔަ
- inaturalist.org /observations/140928250
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Janbu kandu uniya' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ޖަންބު ކަނޑުއުނިޔަ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form. FLAG: the source states no traditional name was recorded and this descriptive name was coined for the book; it is not an established fishermen's name.