Scientific Name
Nemipterus thosaporni

Common Name
Palefin threadfin bream

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Lower edge of eye touching or just above a line from tip of snout to upper pectoral-fin base; lower edge of suborbital slightly emarginate. Dorsal fin origin about 3-7 scale rows from imaginary line projected upward from posterior edge of suborbital to dorsal profile. Pectoral and pelvic fins long, reaching to or just short of level of anal-fin origin. Closely resembles N. bathybius Snyder, but has no yellow stripe on either side of the ventral midline and the upper tip of the caudal fin not drawn into a distinct filament. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper part pinkish, silvery below.

Classification

Classified By

Russell, 1991

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Perch-like fish (Perciformes)

Family

Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams (Nemipteridae)

Distribution

Region

Western Pacific

Distribution

Western Pacific: Strait of Malacca and Gulf of Thailand to southern Japan. This species has been previously misidentified as Nemipterus marginatus by most authors (Ref. 3810).

Range

30°N - 9°S

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

10 m

Depth To - meters

80 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 80 m (Ref. 12260)

Trophic Level

3.74 s.e. 0.56 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

21.5 cm

Common Length

16.0 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=5; k >0.30)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated