bottom threadfin-bream
Nemipterus bathybius
- Usual depth106–156 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonOccasional
About this species
The yellowbelly threadfin bream is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin and whiptail breams. This fish is found in the western Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Yellowbelly threadfin bream”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 48 records
- February: 51 records
- March: 16 records
- April: 130 records
- May: 16 records
- June: 191 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 222 records
- September: 78 records
- October: 384 records
- November: 198 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 106–156 m · Deepest record: 420 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- bottom threadfin-bream, Bottom Threadfin Bream, Yellow-bellied Threadfin-bream, Yellowbelly threadfin bream, Yellowbelly Threadfin-bream
Names in 4 more languages
- Filipino
- Bisugo, Bisugong maylawi, Salmunete
- Japanese
- Sokoitoyori, ソコイトヨリ
- Thai
- ปลาทรายแดงท้องเหลือง
- Simplified Chinese
- 底金線魚, 深水金線魚(黃肚金線魚, 紅海鯽, 金線鰱
Other scientific names: Nemipterus bathybus, Synagris bathybius
Similar species
- Fork-tailed threadfin bream
Nemipterus furcosus
- gold perch
Nemipterus hexodon
- Notchedfin threadfin bream
Nemipterus peronii
- yellowtipped threadfin bream
Nemipterus nematopus
- Golden threadfin bream
Nemipterus virgatus
- Balinese threadfin bream
Nemipterus balinensis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,728 open-data records from 1958 to 2017.
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