YELLOW-LIP THREADFIN BREAM

Nemipterus aurifilum

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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Nemipterus aurifilum (Ogilby, 1910)

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Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 9; Anal spines: 3 - 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 7. Suborbital spine absent. Preopercle with 3 transverse scale rows. Pectoral and pelvic fins not reaching to level of origin of anal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin produced into a long trailing filament. First dorsal spine short. A line drawn upwards from posterior edge of the suborbital reaching the dorsal profile at or behind origin of dorsal fin. Axillary scale present. Color: upper part of body red, shading through rose-pink on the sides to pearly-white on the ventral surface. Can be distinguished from N. bathybius by having a more slender body, wider interorbital and shorter pectoral fins.

Max size: 18.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3810)