Slender Threadfin Bream

Suborbital spine absent. Preopercle with 3 transverse scale rows. Pectoral and pelvic fins short, reaching to just short of level of anus. A line drawn up from posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile about 2 to 6 scale rows before origin of dorsal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin produced into a long yellow trailing filament. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper body reddish, silvery below. Yellow stripes in front of eye through nostrils, and from upper lip to beneath eye. Less distinct golden stripe from behind eye to origin of lateral line.

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7

Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).

Benthic on sand bottoms near rocks (Ref. 30573). Swims in groups and feeds on benthic organisms.

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: high; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus