Red filament threadfin bream
📖 Overview
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.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 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.: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Red filament threadfin bream is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 12 - 70 m . Tropical; 15°N - 19°S, 93°E - 165°E South China Sea, Strait of Malacca, southern coasts of Sumatra and Java, northern Australia, and the Gulf of Papua, to the Solomon Islands.
🌿 Ecology
small bottom-living animals
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | red filament threadfin bream · Red Filament Threadfin-bream · Red-filament Threadfin Bream |
| 🏳️Catalan | Nemiptères vermell del Pacífic |
| 🌍CES | špičatník sumatránský |
| 🌍MSA | Kerisi |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Falsa-caranha-do-Pacífico |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Окаймлённый нитепёр |
| 🌍TGL | Bisugo |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dentex marginatus | Valenciennes | 1830 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 7 records indexed .
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