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Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Etymology: Nemipterus: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 12 - 70 m (Ref. 9785). Tropical; 15°N - 19°S, 93°E - 165°E (Ref. 3810)
Western Pacific: including the South China Sea, Strait of Malacca, southern coasts of Sumatra and Java, northern Australia, and the Gulf of Papua, to the Solomon Islands. This species has previously been confused with Nemipterus mesoprion.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.3 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 137577); common length : 13.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3810)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 7. Lower edge of eye lies above a line from tip of snout to upper base of pectoral fin; suborbital with straight lower margin and rounded posterior margin. Dorsal fin origin about 2-5 scale rows from imaginary line projected upwards from posterior edge of suborbital to dorsal profile. Caudal fin with the upper lobe produced into a short, reddish filament. In life, head with oblique yellow stripe from beneath eye to middle of upper jaw and another from anterior of eye to near tip of snout. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper body rosy, silvery below.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
Found on sand or mud bottoms. Occurs in groups and feeds on small bottom-living animals. Regarded as a trash fish and used mainly for fish meal or animal feed.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Russell, B.C., 1991. Description of a new species of Nemipterus (Pisces: Perciformes; Nemipteridae) from the Western Pacific, with re-descriptions of Nemipterus marginatus (Valenciennes), N. mesoprion (Bleeker) and N. nematopus (Bleeker). J. Nat. Hist. 25:1379-1389. (Ref. 3207)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 27.3 - 29.1, mean 28.5 °C (based on 692 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01380 (0.01158 - 0.01645), b=2.97 (2.94 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 1.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=0.63).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 686 [157, 1,339] mg/100g; Iron = 1.49 [0.48, 4.07] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.1, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.29 [0.14, 0.65] g/100g; Selenium = 35.6 [14.4, 102.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.1 [2.8, 67.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.03 [0.60, 3.37] mg/100g (wet weight);