WoRMS taxon details
Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
218515 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218515)
accepted
Species
Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell, 1829 · unaccepted
Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851 · unaccepted
Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Heterognathodon flaviventris Steindachner, 1866 · unaccepted
Nemipterus japonica (Bloch, 1791) · unaccepted
Nemipterus japonicas (Bloch, 1791) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Nemipterus luteus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted
Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791 · unaccepted
Synagris flavolinea Fowler, 1931 · unaccepted
Synagris grammicus Day, 1865 · unaccepted
Synagris japonicus (Bloch, 1791) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791) Bloch, M. E. (1791). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 5. i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
page(s): 110, Pl. 277 (fig. 1) [details]
page(s): 110, Pl. 277 (fig. 1) [details]
Description Very abundant in coastal waters, found on mud or sand bottoms, usually in schools. Feeds mainly on small fishes,...
Description Very abundant in coastal waters, found on mud or sand bottoms, usually in schools. Feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans, molluscs (mainly cephalopods), polychaetes and echinoderms. Marketed mainly fresh, but also frozen, steamed, dried-salted, dry-smoked, fermented or made into fish balls and fish meal. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218515 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 297, Pl. 58 [details]
original description (of Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der Percoïdei, Scleroparei, Sciaenoïdei, Maenoïdei, Chaetodontoïdei en Scombreoïdei van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 2 (no. 1): 163-179. [details]
original description (of Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791) Bloch, M. E. (1791). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 5. i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
page(s): 110, Pl. 277 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell, 1829) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Heterognathodon flaviventris Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (IX.) [With subtitles I-VI.]. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 16: 761-796, Pls. 13-18. [details]
original description (of Synagris grammicus Day, 1865) Day, F. (1865). On the fishes of Cochin, on the Malabar coast of India. Part I. Acanthopterygii. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1865 (pt 1) (art. 1): 2-40.
page(s): 14 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 297, Pl. 58 [details]
original description (of Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der Percoïdei, Scleroparei, Sciaenoïdei, Maenoïdei, Chaetodontoïdei en Scombreoïdei van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 2 (no. 1): 163-179. [details]
original description (of Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791) Bloch, M. E. (1791). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 5. i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
page(s): 110, Pl. 277 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell, 1829) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Heterognathodon flaviventris Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (IX.) [With subtitles I-VI.]. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 16: 761-796, Pls. 13-18. [details]
original description (of Synagris grammicus Day, 1865) Day, F. (1865). On the fishes of Cochin, on the Malabar coast of India. Part I. Acanthopterygii. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1865 (pt 1) (art. 1): 2-40.
page(s): 14 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
[request]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]Unreviewed
Description Very abundant in coastal waters, found on mud or sand bottoms, usually in schools. Feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans, molluscs (mainly cephalopods), polychaetes and echinoderms. Marketed mainly fresh, but also frozen, steamed, dried-salted, dry-smoked, fermented or made into fish balls and fish meal. [details]
To Barcode of Life (219 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Synagris flavolinea Fowler, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Synagris japonicus (Bloch, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Heterognathodon flaviventris Steindachner, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nemipterus luteus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Synagris grammicus Day, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nemipterus japonicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791)
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Synagris japonicus (Bloch, 1791))
To FishBase (from synonym Nemipterus japonicas (Bloch, 1791))
To FishBase (from synonym Synagris flavolinea Fowler, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Synagris grammicus Day, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Heterognathodon flaviventris Steindachner, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemipterus japonica (Bloch, 1791))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemipterus luteus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase images (Nemipterus japonicus, Hong Kong, by Cook, D.C.)
To GenBank (251 nucleotides; 260 proteins)
To GenBank (251 nucleotides; 260 proteins) (from synonym Nemipterus japonica (Bloch, 1791))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nemipterus japonicus FIN031403 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nemipterus japonicus USNM 403004 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Synagris flavolinea Fowler, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Synagris japonicus (Bloch, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Heterognathodon flaviventris Steindachner, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nemipterus luteus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Synagris grammicus Day, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nemipterus japonicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791)
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Synagris japonicus (Bloch, 1791))
To FishBase (from synonym Nemipterus japonicas (Bloch, 1791))
To FishBase (from synonym Synagris flavolinea Fowler, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Synagris grammicus Day, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Heterognathodon flaviventris Steindachner, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemipterus japonica (Bloch, 1791))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemipterus luteus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase images (Nemipterus japonicus, Hong Kong, by Cook, D.C.)
To GenBank (251 nucleotides; 260 proteins)
To GenBank (251 nucleotides; 260 proteins) (from synonym Nemipterus japonica (Bloch, 1791))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nemipterus japonicus FIN031403 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nemipterus japonicus USNM 403004 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
