Family : Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order :Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Randall's threadfin bream
Fish Name : 20.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 30573)
Max size : demersal; non-migratory ; depth range 22 - 225 m
Environment : tropical; 31°N - 30°S
Climate :fisheries: minor commercial
Global Importance :High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.83)
Resilience: Western Indian Ocean: including the east and west coast of India, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, east African coast, Seychelles and Madagascar. This species has been previously misidentified as Nemipterus mesoprion.
Distribution :Western Indian Ocean: including the east and west coast of India, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, east African coast, Seychelles and Madagascar. This species has been previously misidentified as Nemipterus mesoprion.
Diagnosis :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 very long, reaching to or just beyond level of origin of anal fin. A line drawn up from posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile at about 3 to 7 scale rows before origin of dorsal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin produced into a long trailing light red filament. Axillary scale present. Color: Body silvery pink. Peritoneum salmon-pink.
Biology : Benthic on sand or mud bottoms (Ref. 30573). No major fishery exists, but a large population is believed to occur in the Persian Gulf
Dangerous :harmless

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