genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the
family
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Nemipteridae
Nemipteridae are a family of fishes within the order Perciformes. They are known as threadfin breams, whiptail breams and false snappers.
They are found in tropical waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Most species are benthic carni ...
. They are native to the
Indian
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* South Asia ...
and
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
s, but now also occur in the
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...
due to
Lessepsian migration
The Lessepsian migration (also called Erythrean invasion) is the migration of marine species across the Suez Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and more rarely in the opposite direction. When the canal was completed in 18 ...
.
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Nemipterus aurifilum
''Nemipterus'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemipteridae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but now also occur in the Mediterranean Sea due to Lessepsian migration.
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this ge ...
Nemipterus balinensis
''Nemipterus'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemipteridae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but now also occur in the Mediterranean Sea due to Lessepsian migration.
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this ge ...
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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Nemipterus balinensoides
''Nemipterus'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemipteridae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but now also occur in the Mediterranean Sea due to Lessepsian migration.
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this ge ...
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").B. C. Russell & Denis Tweddle, Tweddle, 2013 (Yellow-jaw thread-fin bream) Russell, B.C. & Tweddle, D. (2013) A new species of ''Nemipterus'' (Pisces: Nemipteridae) from the Western Indian Ocean. ''Zootaxa, 3630 (1): 191–197.''
* ''Nemipterus furcosus'' (Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1830) (Fork-tailed thread-fin bream)
* ''Nemipterus gracilis'' (
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* ''Nemipterus sugillatus'' B. C. Russell & Ho Hsuan-Ching, H. C. Ho, 2017 Russell, B.C. & Ho, H.-C. (2017): A new species of ''Nemipterus'' (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) and first record of ''N. nematophorus'' (Bleeker) from Taiwan. ''Zootaxa, 4231 (2): 281-288.''
* ''Nemipterus tambuloides'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").J. D. Ogilby, 1916 (Theodore's thread-fin bream)
* ''Nemipterus thosaporni'' B. C. Russell, 1991 (Pale-fin thread-fin bream)
* ''Nemipterus virgatus'' (Martinus Houttuyn, Houttuyn, 1782) (Golden thread-fin bream)
* ''Nemipterus vitiensis'' B. C. Russell, 1990 (Fiji thread-fin bream)
* ''Nemipterus zysron'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").