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 ...
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threadfin bream
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 ...
s native to the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
and western
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 ...
.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* '' Parascolopsis akatamae'' Miyamoto, CALEB D. MCMAHAN, & ATSUSHI KANEKOMIYAMOTO, K., MCMAHAN, C. D., & KANEKO, A. (2020). Parascolopsis akatamae, a new species of dwarf monocle bream (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with redescription of closely related species P. eriomma. Zootaxa, 4881(1), 91–103. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.6
* '' Parascolopsis aspinosa'' (Manikyala Rao & Srinivasa Rao, 1981) (smooth dwarf monocle bream)
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Parascolopsis baranesi
''Parascolopsis baranesi'', is a fish found in the Gulf of Aqaba in the Western Indian Ocean.
This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Albert (Avi) Baranes (b. 1949),the Director of the Interuniversity Insti ...
Parascolopsis boesemani
''Parascolopsis'' is a genus of threadfin breams native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* '' Parascolopsis akatamae'' Miyamoto, CALEB D. MCMAHAN, & ATSUSHI KANEKOMIYAM ...
Parascolopsis eriomma
''Parascolopsis eriomma'', commonly known as rosy dwarf monocle bream, is a fish native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
Appearance
Parascolopsis eriomma has a rosy-coloured back with a diffuse yellow longitudinal band right along the m ...
Parascolopsis inermis
''Parascolopsis inermis'', commonly known as unarmed dwarf monocle bream, is a fish native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. This species reaches a length of .
References
*Russell, B.C., 1990. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 12. Nemipterid ...
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Temminck
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Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temminck ...
Parascolopsis melanophrys
''Parascolopsis melanophrys'', commonly known as dwarf monocle bream, is a fish found in West Timor, Indonesia and Sabah, Malaysia in the Western Central Pacific.
This species reaches a length of .
References
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
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Parascolopsis qantasi
''Parascolopsis qantasi'', commonly known as slender dwarf monocle bream, is a fish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean: known only from two specimens brought up in the Mentawi Strait, off western Sumatra, Indonesia.
This species reaches a length o ...
Parascolopsis rufomaculatus
''Parascolopsis rufomaculatus'', commonly known as red-spot dwarf monocle bream, is a fish very similar to its close relative Parascolopsis tanyactis
''Parascolopsis tanyactis'', commonly known as saddled dwarf monocle bream, is a fish native ...
'' B. C. Russell, 1986 (red-spot dwarf monocle bream)
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Parascolopsis tanyactis
''Parascolopsis tanyactis'', commonly known as saddled dwarf monocle bream, is a fish native to waters of the Malay Archipelago and the Western Pacific Ocean.
Appearance
Parascolopsis tanyactis has two dark bars on its back, both diffusing out o ...
'' B. C. Russell, 1986 (long-rayed dwarf monocle bream)
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Parascolopsis tosensis
''Parascolopsis'' is a genus of threadfin breams native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* '' Parascolopsis akatamae'' Miyamoto, CALEB D. MCMAHAN, & ATSUSHI KANEKOMIYAM ...
Parascolopsis townsendi
''Parascolopsis townsendi'', commonly known as scaly dwarf monocle bream, is a fish native to the Western Indian Ocean which includes the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.
This species reaches a length of .
Etymol ...
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