''Pentapodus emeryii'', the purple threadfin bream, is a threadfin bream inhabiting coastal reefs in North-western Australia and the
Malay Archipelago
The Malay Archipelago (Indonesian/Malay: , tgl, Kapuluang Malay) is the archipelago between mainland Indochina and Australia. It has also been called the " Malay world," "Nusantara", "East Indies", Indo-Australian Archipelago, Spices Archipe ...
. They are purplish-blue with a bright yellow stripe from the eye to the tail, have long filaments at the tip of each caudal lobe, and can grow to 25 cm in length.
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Fish of Indonesia
Nemipteridae
Fish described in 1843
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