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Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Etymology: Nemipterus: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); elaine: Named for Elaine Heemstra; noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Elaine Margaret Heemstra née Lawrence formerly Grant is Scientific Illustrator Emeritus at the South Africa Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 116 - 120 m (Ref. 128294). Tropical
Indian Ocean, Mozambique Channel.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128294)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished by the following characters: pectoral-fin rays ii,14 (ii,13-15); gill rakers 14 (13-15); body is moderately elongate, its depth 3.0 (2.9-3.2) in SL; head length about equal to body depth, its depth 1.0 in head length; diameter of eye about equal to or a little more than snout length, 1.0 (0.8-0.9) in snout; lower margin of the eye tangent to a line from tip of snout to upper pectoral fin base; suborbital is shallow, its lower edge emarginate, least depth 2.6 (2.4-2.6) in eye diameter; imaginary line extended upward from posterior edge of suborbital reaching dorsal profile about 5-6 scale rows before origin of the dorsal fin; pectoral fins are moderately long, reaching to about level of vent; pelvic fins are very long, reaching to between level of vent and origin of anal fin; upper lobe of caudal fin is produced into short filamentous extension (Ref. 128294),
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Russell, B.C. and G. Gouws, 2020. A new species of Nemipterus (Pisces: Nemipteridae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4895(4):573-580. (Ref. 128294)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: bycatch
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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