threadfin breams (Nemipteridae)

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Threadfin breams (family Nemipteridae) are a group of marine perciform fishes found mainly in tropical Indo-Pacific waters, known for their elongated fin rays and importance to coastal fisheries.

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threadfin breams (Nemipteridae) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
behavior forms schools ⓘ
bodyShape fusiform ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialUse food fish ⓘ
commonName threadfin breams ⓘ
containsGenus Gymnocranius ⓘ
Nemipterus ⓘ
Parascolopsis ⓘ
Pentapodus ⓘ
Scolopsis ⓘ
culinaryUse cured or dried ⓘ
fried ⓘ
steamed ⓘ
depthRange shallow coastal waters to about 100 metres ⓘ
describedBy Pieter Bleeker ⓘ
diagnosticFeature continuous dorsal fin ⓘ
elongated fin rays ⓘ
forked caudal fin ⓘ
long filamentous pelvic fin rays in some species ⓘ
moderately compressed body ⓘ
small to moderate mouth ⓘ
diet benthic invertebrates ⓘ
small fishes ⓘ
ecologicalRole demersal predator ⓘ
eggType pelagic eggs ⓘ
fishingImportance important to coastal fisheries ⓘ
sold fresh in markets ⓘ
target of trawl fisheries ⓘ
used for fish meal in some regions ⓘ
foundInCountryWaters Australia ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
geographicDistribution Indian Ocean ⓘ
Indo-Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Pacific region

subtropical waters ⓘ
tropical waters ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
habitat coastal waters ⓘ
continental shelf ⓘ
marine waters ⓘ
hasColoration often pink or reddish ⓘ
often with yellow stripes ⓘ
silvery sides ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
maximumLength about 35 centimetres in many species ⓘ
order Perciformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
substrateAssociation muddy bottoms ⓘ
sandy bottoms ⓘ
soft bottoms ⓘ
superfamily Sparoidea ⓘ
trophicLevel carnivorous ⓘ
typeSpeciesGenus Nemipterus ⓘ

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Percoidei → includes → threadfin breams (Nemipteridae) ⓘ