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Nemipteridae Regan, 1913

151459  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151459)

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Description Distribution: Tropical and sub-tropical Indo-West Pacific. Dorsal fin with 10 spines; soft rays 9. Three spines in anal...  
Description Distribution: Tropical and sub-tropical Indo-West Pacific. Dorsal fin with 10 spines; soft rays 9. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 7 (Nemipterus virgatus with 8). A filament off upper lobe of caudal fin in some species. Well developed subocular shelf and accessory pelvic keel. Intercalar present. Carnivorous fishes that feed mainly on other small fishes, cephalopods, crustaceans and polychaetes. Protogynous hermaphroditism is reported for some species of Scolopsis. Threadfin breams are an important component of commercial and artisanal fisheries. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Nemipteridae Regan, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151459 on 2024-03-29
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2005-04-06 10:22:32Z
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2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
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2021-06-30 12:05:15Z
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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   
 
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Description Distribution: Tropical and sub-tropical Indo-West Pacific. Dorsal fin with 10 spines; soft rays 9. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 7 (Nemipterus virgatus with 8). A filament off upper lobe of caudal fin in some species. Well developed subocular shelf and accessory pelvic keel. Intercalar present. Carnivorous fishes that feed mainly on other small fishes, cephalopods, crustaceans and polychaetes. Protogynous hermaphroditism is reported for some species of Scolopsis. Threadfin breams are an important component of commercial and artisanal fisheries. [details]
LanguageName 
English whiptail breamsthreadfin breams  [details]
Japanese イトヨリダイ科  [details]